Capri Girl on a Rooftop

John Singer Sargent

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Work Overview

Capri Girl on a Rooftop
1878
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 50.8 × 63.5 cm (20 × 25 in)
Current location Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 


Sargent's painting Capri (1878) depicts Rosina Ferrara dancing the tarantella, and anticipates the flamenco of El Jaleo.
The painting is of Rosina Ferrara doing a tarantella dance on the rooftop of (probably) Sargent's hotel.