# Simplon Pass

By [John Singer Sargent](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/john-singer-sargent.md>), 1911.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 71.8 × 92.6 cm (28 1/4 × 36 7/16 in.) framed: 92.1 × 112.7 × 8.9 cm (36 1/4 × 44 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/166471-simplon-pass>)

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

## Image

![From a low vantage point, we look up a steep, rocky mountainside at a towering mountain peak in the distance in this nearly square landscape painting.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-0dbc4fcb6e3d4be2/full.jpg?v=75eb935a0b12d638b92c9e028b7bcafec51f03017f9f028ba8c7a27a9c3fef2f>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee, 1941), 2014.79.31. CC0 Open Access.
- Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee, 1941)
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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