Mountain View at Bormio
1869 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
A watercolor landscape study depicting a mountain valley scene, likely created during the artist's youthful travels. It features loose, fluid brushwork characteristic of Sargent's early technical experiments with the medium.
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This watercolor was executed when John Singer Sargent was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Even at this early age, his ability to capture the atmospheric quality of light hitting the peaks and the vast depth of the alpine valley previewed the extraordinary talent that would eventually make him one of the most celebrated portraitists and watercolorists of his generation.
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Mountain View at Bormio
John Singer Sargent, 1869
