El Jaleo

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El Jaleo is a dramatic 1882 painting by John Singer Sargent depicting a Spanish gypsy dancer performing with musicians in a shadowy, theatrical setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artForm visual art
artHistoricalSignificance early masterpiece of John Singer Sargent
backgroundFeature musicians seated in shadow
collection Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection
countryOfOrigin France
creator John Singer Sargent
depictionStyle chiaroscuro lighting
theatrical composition
depicts Spanish dancer
castanets
dance performance
expressive movement
gypsy dancer
live musical accompaniment
musicians
shadowy theatrical setting
describedAs dramatic painting of a Spanish gypsy dancer
exhibitedAt Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
surface form: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Spanish Cloister
foregroundFeature dancer illuminated by strong light
genre dance painting
genre painting
hasCulturalContext 19th-century Spain
Spanish Romani culture
hasInfluenceOn later depictions of Spanish dance in art
hasType large-scale wall painting
inception 1882
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Boston
Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
location Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
mainFigureGesture dynamic dance pose
materialUsed oil paint
movement Impressionism
Realism
notableWorkOf John Singer Sargent
partOf Spanish-themed works by John Singer Sargent
subjectHeading Romani people in art
Spanish dance
support canvas
title El Jaleo self-link
titleLanguage Spanish
translatedTitle The Jaleo
usesColorPalette strong contrasts of light and shadow

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El Jaleo title El Jaleo self-link