Why it matters
Four sisters are scattered through the dark hall of their family's Paris apartment, two of them half-lost in shadow beside tall Japanese vases. It has been called 'arguably the most psychologically compelling painting of Sargent's career'.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1882.
- The same two Japanese vases now stand beside the painting in Boston.
- The girls are Florence, Jane, Mary Louisa and Julia.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (CC BY-SA 4.0).
