The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

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'''''The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit''''' (originally titled '''''Portraits d'enfants''''')<ref name="G1">Gallati, p. 79</ref> is a painting by the American artist [[John Singer Sargent]]. The painting depicts four young girls, the daughters of Edward Darley Boit, in their family's Paris apartment. It was painted in 1882 and is now exhibited in the new Art of the [[Americas]] Wing of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in Boston. The painting hangs between the two tall blue-and-white Japanese vases depicted in the work, which were donated by the heirs of the Boit family.<ref>"[http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/vase-with-decoration-of-birds-and-flowers-45816 Vase with decoration of birds and flowers]" Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved on 1 May 2010.</ref>

'''''The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit''''' (originally titled '''''Portraits d'enfants''''')<ref name="G1">Gallati, p. 79</ref> is a painting by the American artist [[John Singer Sargent]]. The painting depicts four young girls, the daughters of Edward Darley Boit, in their family's Paris apartment. It was painted in 1882 and is now exhibited in the Art of the [[Americas]] Wing of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in Boston. The painting hangs between the two tall blue-and-white Japanese vases depicted in the work, which were donated by the heirs of the Boit family.<ref>"[http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/vase-with-decoration-of-birds-and-flowers-45816 Vase with decoration of birds and flowers]" Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved on 1 May 2010.</ref>

It has been described as "arguably the most psychologically compelling painting of Sargent's career".<ref name="G2">Gallati, p. 81</ref> Though the painting's unusual composition was noted from its earliest viewings, initially its subject was interpreted simply as that of girls at play, but it has subsequently been viewed in more abstract terms, reflecting [[Freudian]] analysis and a greater interest in the ambiguities of adolescence.<ref>Gallati, p. 157</ref>

It has been described as "arguably the most psychologically compelling painting of Sargent's career".<ref name="G2">Gallati, p. 81</ref> Though the painting's unusual composition was noted from its earliest viewings, initially its subject was interpreted simply as that of girls at play, but it has subsequently been viewed in more abstract terms, reflecting [[Freudian]] analysis and a greater interest in the ambiguities of adolescence.<ref>Gallati, p. 157</ref>