El Jaleo Candle Hosting in both the North and

in both the North and South

from a poet both “tender and unflinching” (Khadijah Queen)

batteries are not included

and sandalwood

Gardner purchased this painting from Wildenstein and Co

El Jaleo Candle Hosting in both the North andDuring his travels in Spain in 1879, John Singer Sargent was mulling over a major work of art in which he could express his love of Gypsy music, dance, and picturesque costumes. On his return to Paris he set to work on a wide horizontal picture whose proportions simulated the shallow stage space of popular musical establishments. He named the painting El Jaleo to suggest the name of a dance, the jaleo de jerez, while counting on the broader meaning