Villa di Marlia, Lucca
1910
Step into the dappled sunlight of an Italian garden with John Singer Sargent's 1910 watercolor of the Villa di Marlia in Lucca. Known mostly for his glamorous society portraits, Sargent escaped the studio to capture the quiet magic of travel, using loose, vibrant washes to show how light filters through heavy tree canopies. The scene features potted citrus trees glowing on the left and stoic stone statues guarding a balustrade on the right, perfectly balancing nature's wildness with manicured elegance.
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