Interior of the Hagia Sophia
John Singer Sargent · 1891
Why it's great
John Singer Sargent paints the soaring inside of the great church of Hagia Sophia, built by Justinian in 537 and turned into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of 1453. He painted it on a trip to Istanbul in 1891.
🏛️ Part of history
Byzantium & the Fall of Constantinople (527–1453) — John Singer Sargent paints the soaring inside of the great church of Hagia Sophia, built by Justinian in 537 and turned into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of 1453.
Where to see it
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John Singer Sargent was born in Florence, Italy, to American parents and grew up traveling around Europe. He trained in Paris, then worked mostly in London, becoming the most sought-after portrait painter of his day. He painted with dazzling, confident brushwork and also made lovely watercolors on trips to Venice and the Alps. During World War I he painted soldiers at the front. He died in London in 1925.
