COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1933.1217
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AIC_.1933.1217
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Sargent, John Singer
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Sargent, John Singer
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
American; 1856-1925 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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American; 1856-1925 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
John Singer Sargent
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John Singer Sargent
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Venetian Glass Workers
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Venetian Glass Workers
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
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View:
full view
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full view
View
false
Creation Date:
1880/82
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1880/82
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1880
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1880
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1882
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1882
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
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Oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques
false
Creation Place:
Europe,Italy,Veneto (region),Venezia (province),Venice
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Europe,Italy,Veneto (region),Venezia (province),Venice
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
unframed:56.5 x 84.5 cm (22 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.)framed: 84.5 x 114 cm (33 1/4 x 44 7/8 in.)
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unframed:56.5 x 84.5 cm (22 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.)framed: 84.5 x 114 cm (33 1/4 x 44 7/8 in.)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1933.1217
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1933.1217
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
Signed lower left: "John S. Sargent"
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Signed lower left: "John S. Sargent"
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Venetian Glass Workers is one of many genre scenes featuring workers painted by John Singer Sargent at the beginning of the 1880s. In this painting, Sargent focused on the contrast between the dank surroundings and the scintillating products of the workers' labor, subtly noting the separation of native production and tourist consumption of Venetian glassware. The laborers participate in a process that transforms long, thin glass tubes into beads. The woman in the right foreground slices glass tubes into uniform lengths that will be placed in a metal drum with an abrasive mixture. When the drum is heated and turned, the mixture smooths the edges of the cut glass and forms rounded beads. Women employed as bead stringers would then prepare the multi-hued, sparkling bits of glass for sale.
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Venetian Glass Workers is one of many genre scenes featuring workers painted by John Singer Sargent at the beginning of the 1880s. In this painting, Sargent focused on the contrast between the dank surroundings and the scintillating products of the workers' labor, subtly noting the separation of native production and tourist consumption of Venetian glassware. The laborers participate in a process that transforms long, thin glass tubes into beads. The woman in the right foreground slices glass tubes into uniform lengths that will be placed in a metal drum with an abrasive mixture. When the drum is heated and turned, the mixture smooths the edges of the cut glass and forms rounded beads. Women employed as bead stringers would then prepare the multi-hued, sparkling bits of glass for sale.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E34106.TIF
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AIC_.E34106.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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