# Pavement, Cairo

By [John Singer Sargent](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/john-singer-sargent.md>), 1891.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 48.3 x 58.4 cm (19 x 23 in.) framed: 68.6 x 78.7 x 7 cm (27 x 31 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/129288-pavement-cairo>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/impressionism.md>), [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![This nearly square, sketchy painting shows the interior of an empty courtyard, created in milky tones of oatmeal brown, ivory, muted brick red, eucalyptus green, and slate blue.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-d8904186fc885de5/full.jpg?v=f0ce227140222027833186e06b4ae3ed8c60671513825695f33b548cb4753fa4>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, 2006.121.1. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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