John Singer SargentAmerican, 1856–1925Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Room770New York, United States
On public display.
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- In this state since
- Sep 26, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara is a 1911 painting by John Singer Sargent which is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The painting depicts the major effort and gruelling labor involved in the manual quarrying of marble at the Carrara quarries in Tuscany, North Italy, the scale of which is suggested by the difference in size of the men working at the opposite ends of the ropes stretching diagonally across the composition.
The painting is not on view.
Particulars
- Accession number
- 17.97.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
Meanwhile, in the life of John Singer Sargent
The whole life1895–1919
The “Triumph of Religion” murals for the Boston Public Library
From 1895 through 1919, for almost thirty years, Sargent works on his largest-scale work, the mural decorations “Triumph of Religion” for the Boston Public Library, showing religion's progress from pagan superstition to the ascension of Christianity; he never completes the final mural of the cycle.
1905–1914
Summer journeys with the de Glehns
Between 1905 and 1914 Sargent's frequent travelling companions are the married artist couple Wilfrid de Glehn and Jane Emmet de Glehn; the trio often spend summers in France, Spain or Italy, and all three depict one another in their paintings.
1906–1913
Summers in the Swiss Alps with his sisters and nieces
Sargent makes several summer visits to the Swiss Alps with his sisters Emily and Violet and Violet's daughters Rose-Marie and Reine, who are the subject of a number of paintings between 1906 and 1913, such as “The Black Brook” (1908).
1909
The Brooklyn Museum buys 83 watercolours
In 1909 Sargent exhibits eighty-six watercolours in New York City, eighty-three of which are bought by the Brooklyn Museum.
1911
Helps the young David Bomberg into the Slade School
Sargent guides the young artist David Bomberg, who sat as a model for him in 1907, and in 1911 helps him get a place at the Slade School of Art.
