The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (painting)
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The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its unconventional composition and psychologically complex portrayal of four young sisters in a dim, spacious interior.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (painting) canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | late 19th-century portraiture ⓘ |
| catalogCode | MFA accession number 19.124 ⓘ |
| collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
contrasts of light and shadow
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muted tones ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Edward Darley Boit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | John Singer Sargent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Florence Boit
NERFINISHED
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Jane Boit NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Boit NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Louisa Boit NERFINISHED ⓘ dim, spacious interior ⓘ four daughters of Edward Darley Boit ⓘ interior of the Boit family apartment in Paris ⓘ large Japanese vases ⓘ |
| donatedTo | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| donor | Edward Darley Boit family ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Salon of 1883 in Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | modern interpretations of group portraiture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
foreground figure of a young girl in white pinafore
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seated girl on the floor with doll ⓘ two girls standing in shadowed doorway ⓘ |
| height | 222.5 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1882 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Diego Velázquez
NERFINISHED
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Las Meninas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheBuilding | Art of Europe department of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Impressionism
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Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
asymmetrical arrangement of figures
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psychological complexity ⓘ unconventional composition ⓘ use of deep interior space ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Belle Époque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | square ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
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comparisons with Las Meninas ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| width | 222.5 cm ⓘ |
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