John Singer Sargent
Mrs. Charles Deering
From $100
This is a painting of black, white and a few sparks of red, and a muddy copy turns the white dress grey. Our John Singer Sargent El Jaleo print was graded beside the original so the dress stays bright, the blacks stay deep and the shadows on the wall stay sharp.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
18x12 inch, 24x16 inch, 30x20 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape belongs above a sofa, a sideboard or a piano, and it suits a dining room or a music room. The blacks, whites and warm ochres look striking with charcoal, cream and brass, and a black frame suits it best.
About the painting
El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent
Spain, 1879
John Singer Sargent was an American born in Florence and trained in Paris. At twenty-three he spent five months travelling through Spain and North Africa, listening to music and drawing dancers. He spent at least a year planning this one picture.
The dance
Jaleo means a racket, the clapping and shouting that drive a flamenco dance. A dancer in a white dress and a huge shawl leans back with one arm flung out, while men with guitars sit along the wall. The light comes from below, like footlights, and throws tall shadows up the wall.
The Paris Salon
Almost twelve feet wide, it was the sensation of the 1882 Salon in Paris. A Boston collector bought it, and in 1914 Isabella Stewart Gardner built a Spanish cloister in her Boston museum to hang it in. It is there to this day.
Read the story
John Singer Sargent took a whole year to plan one moment of a dance.
It's 1879. Sargent is twenty-three, an American who was born in Florence and trained in Paris.
That year he spends five months travelling through Spain and North Africa, listening to the music and watching the dancers.
Back in Paris, he can't let one dance go.
He draws the dancer again and again, working out exactly how she leans, for at least a year.
Then he paints her, on a canvas almost twelve feet wide.
A dancer in a white dress and a huge shawl leans back, one arm flung out.
Along the wall behind her, men play guitars, and others clap and shout. In Spain that racket has a name: jaleo.
The light comes from below, like footlights on a stage, and throws tall shadows up the wall.
Almost everything is black and white, with a few sparks of red and, if you look closely, a single orange.
In 1882 he shows it at the Paris Salon. He is twenty-six, and suddenly the most talked-about painter in Paris.
A Boston collector buys it that spring.
Thirty-two years later, Isabella Stewart Gardner builds a Spanish cloister in her Boston museum to hang it in. It's still there.
Look how fast she seems to move, and remember how long he planned it.
El Jaleo. John Singer Sargent, 1882.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
