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Studies of Cattle, John Singer Sargent, c. 1872
John Singer Sargent, portraitJohn Singer SargentAmerican, 1856–1925

Studies of Cattle

c. 1872 · Drawing

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Where is “Studies of Cattle” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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2015.19.689

What it shows

CattleCowAnimal

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Drawings & watercolorsGraphiteRealismImpressionism19th centuryAmerican

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In the life of John Singer Sargent

The whole life

  1. aged 13 (1869 – 1870)

    Watercolour lessons with Carl Welsch

    His mother reports that at thirteen John “sketches quite nicely” and has a remarkably quick and correct eye; at that age he receives some watercolour lessons from the German landscape painter Carl Welsch.

  2. 1874

    The Beaux-Arts exam and a silver prize

    In 1874 Sargent passes on his first attempt the rigorous entrance exam of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and takes drawing classes with Adolphe Yvon, including anatomy and perspective, winning a silver prize; he also spends much time in self-study, drawing in museums and painting in a studio shared with James Carroll Beckwith, who becomes his primary connection with American artists abroad.

  3. 1874–1877 · Education

    Beaux-Arts de Paris

  4. 1874–1878

    Carolus-Duran's atelier and the alla prima method

    Sargent studies with the young portraitist Carolus-Duran, whose influence is pivotal for him from 1874 to 1878: instead of the traditional underdrawing, the atelier teaches the alla prima method of working directly on the canvas with a loaded brush, derived from Velázquez. Sargent is the star student in short order, and one of his paintings in this manner prompts the remark “the student has surpassed the teacher”.

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