The artwork titled “Boboli,” created by John Singer Sargent in 1907, is a landscape piece executed with pencil and watercolor on paper, measuring 46 x 29.1 cm. This Impressionist work is housed in the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, NY, US.
In “Boboli,” John Singer Sargent presents a captivating scene from the Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy. The focal point of the artwork is a meticulously rendered classical statue placed upon a pedestal, bathed in dappled sunlight. The shadows and highlights play across the statue and its surroundings, demonstrating Sargent’s masterful use of watercolor to capture the transient effects of light and atmosphere. The lush greenery enveloping the scene imbues it with a sense of serenity and timelessness, characteristic of the Impressionist movement’s emphasis on capturing the beauty of the moment.
