Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)
Does it really matter that we are looking at a portrait of John Singer Sargent. Probably only to Sargent. What does matter of a great deal is the use of the positive and negative space on the picture plane. Boldini's painting is much more interesting because of what has been left out. His use of line to define space is of utmost importance.
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