Carmencita

William Merritt Chase, Carmencita
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Carmencita William Merritt Chase, American Painter 1890 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Oil on canvas 177.5 x 103.8 cm (69 7/8 x 40 7/8 in.) Gift of Sir William Van Horne, 1906 (06.969) Jpg: jasonj05 the Met
From: Manet / Velazquez

Chase's studio provided the setting for a performance organized with Sargent (who also painted Carmencita). The dancer performed twice more in Chase's studio and then agreed to pose for him, though in the end her pose and costume in the painting were based on a publicity photograph. Chase's rendering projects the energy and agility that made Carmencita a star.
(manetvelazquez.accenture.com)

John Singer Sargent

La Carmencita
1890

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