John Singer SargentAmerican, 1856–1925Old Man with a Dark Mantle
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Old Man with a Dark Mantle” now? Harvard Art Museums, Gallery 2100, floor 2, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, Cambridge. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cambridge, United States
Room2100, floor 2, European and American Art, 17th–19th century
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1937.200
In the catalog
Sources
- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
In the life of John Singer Sargent
The whole lifec. 1890
Elected to the Royal Academy
Sargent is elected an associate of the Royal Academy and is made a full member three years later.
1890s
Fourteen portrait commissions a year
In the 1890s Sargent averages fourteen portrait commissions per year, among them the genteel “Lady Agnew of Lochnaw” (1892) and the equally well received “Mrs. Hugh Hammersley” (1892); as a portrait painter in the grand manner he is referred to as “the Van Dyck of our times”.
1893
Nine portraits at the Chicago World's Fair
In 1893 Sargent exhibits nine of his portraits in the Palace of Fine Arts at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
