Let's move to Italy, to a calm summer day.
This scene was painted at Villa Torre Galli, near Florence, where John Singer Sargent, leading portrait painter of Edwardian-era luxury, stayed in 1910 with friends, including artists Sir William Blake Richmond, and Wilfrid and Jane de Glehn. The villa, owned by the Marchese Farinola, appears in several of Sargent's works. Its colonnaded loggia opens onto a scenic garden, creating a natural frame for the composition. In this painting, three women are positioned near the edge of the frame, moving from the loggia into the garden. Draped in cashmere shawls, they seem introspective and distant, giving the piece a decorative rather than narrative quality. Jane de Glehn is believed to have modeled for all three figures.
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