John Singer Sargent
Mrs. Charles Deering
From $100
This workshop is deep browns and shadow with a flash of silver glass, and a muddy copy loses the glass entirely. Our Sargent Venetian glass workers print was graded against a full-resolution photograph of the original, so the shadows stay deep and the glass canes still shine.
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, 36x24 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 suits a study, a dining room or a hallway. The deep browns and silvers look rich with charcoal, cream and dark wood, and a black or natural frame suits it.
About the painting
Venetian Glass Workers by John Singer Sargent
Venice, early 1880s
Trained in Paris, the young John Singer Sargent travelled to Spain, the Netherlands and Italy to study how Velázquez and Frans Hals painted light. In Venice in the early 1880s he painted the city’s working people, among them its glass-bead makers.
Silver in the dark
In a dim workshop lit from behind, women and a man sit along the walls with long canes of glass across their laps. They are getting ready to cut them into beads, to be polished and strung into necklaces. The canes are the only bright things in the room, quick strokes of silvery white and pale green.
Berlin to Chicago
By 1886 it belonged to a collector in Berlin. It reached Chicago in 1912 and has belonged to the Art Institute of Chicago since 1933.
Read the story
In this dark Venetian workshop, the only bright things are the glass.
In the early 1880s, John Singer Sargent is in his twenties, trained in Paris, and travelling to study the old masters, Velázquez in Spain, Frans Hals in the Netherlands, and the light they painted.
In Venice, he leaves the palaces to other painters. He goes into the workshops where the city's working people make glass beads.
Here the room is lit from behind, and almost everything sinks into shadow.
Women and a man sit along the walls with long canes of glass across their laps.
They are getting ready to cut the canes into tiny beads, which will be polished, and strung into necklaces.
And the canes are what Sargent makes shine: quick strokes of silvery white and pale green, flashing out of the dark.
He paints several scenes like this one in those years.
By 1886 it belongs to a collector in Berlin. It travels on through Paris and New York, and in 1912 it reaches Chicago.
Since 1933 it has belonged to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Look into the shadows, and follow the silver of the glass.
Venetian Glass Workers. John Singer Sargent, 1880 to 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.
