The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
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The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent that portrays the four young daughters of a wealthy American family in a strikingly unconventional, psychologically complex interior scene.
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Target entity: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit Context triple: [John Singer Sargent, notableWork, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit]
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Target entity: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit Target entity description: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent that portrays the four young daughters of a wealthy American family in a strikingly unconventional, psychologically complex interior scene.
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A.
The Girl at the Lion d'Or
The Girl at the Lion d'Or is a historical novel by Sebastian Faulks set in 1930s provincial France, exploring love, betrayal, and the political tensions preceding World War II.
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B.
The Eustace Diamonds
The Eustace Diamonds is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically explores greed, social ambition, and moral ambiguity through the controversy surrounding a disputed family heirloom.
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C.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
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D.
Family Compact
The Family Compact was a small, conservative elite that dominated the political and economic life of Upper Canada in the early 19th century, resisting democratic reforms and contributing to the tensions that led to the Rebellions of 1837.
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E.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Portraits d’enfants ⓘ |
| artist | John Singer Sargent ⓘ |
| collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Edward Darley Boit ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | John Singer Sargent ⓘ |
| depicts |
Boit family apartment in Paris
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Florence Boit ⓘ Jane Boit ⓘ Julia Boit ⓘ Mary Louisa Boit ⓘ children of a wealthy American expatriate family ⓘ four daughters of Edward Darley Boit ⓘ interior scene ⓘ large Japanese vases ⓘ |
| describedAs |
psychologically complex group portrait
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strikingly unconventional interior portrait ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Salon of 1883 in Paris ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later psychological portraiture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
checkered floor
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doorway to dark interior space ⓘ four girls positioned in different areas of the room ⓘ two large Japanese Imari vases ⓘ |
| inception | 1882 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Diego Velázquez
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Las Meninas ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Paris ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Impressionism
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Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of interior space
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psychological complexity ⓘ unconventional composition ⓘ |
| partOf | collection of 19th‑century American paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title | The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit self-link ⓘ |
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