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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1883–1884)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, living room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.





































