The Breakfast Table
1883–1884 · Oil on canvas · Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
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About this work
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
- Year
- 1883–1884
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 54 × 45 cm
- Collection
- Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
- Movement
- Realism
A young woman in black, usually identified as Sargent's sister Violet, sits at a round table spread with a white cloth and silver, peeling an orange, in a room with deep red walls. Sargent painted it in his Paris years, when he was experimenting with quick, informal interiors alongside his grand portraits. The white tablecloth is painted in a few loose sweeps that catch the light from the open door. It came to Harvard's Fogg Museum in 1943 with the bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A deep red and white interior for a dining room, kitchen or breakfast nook in a dark wood frame. It suits burgundy, cream or warm grey walls at 12×18 and pairs with Sargent's Street in Venice.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1883–1884)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
