Beyond the Paint

Juanito Pardo (Zaragoza, 1884–1944, Buenos Aires) - primary

Victor Talking Machine Company (active Camden, New Jersey, 1901–1929) - primary

Flamenco Record: "Golondrina, Teruel, y Tristeza", "Jota que en Fuentes cantan los bovachos", 1901–1916

Gift from the American artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1916. U11s7.7

Courtesy of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

Juanito Pardo (Zaragoza, 1884–1944, Buenos Aires) - primary

Victor Talking Machine Company (active Camden, New Jersey, 1901–1929) - primary

Flamenco Record: "Golondrina, Teruel, y Tristeza", "Jota que en Fuentes cantan los bovachos", 1901–1916

Gift from the American artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1916. U11s7.7

Courtesy of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

Juanito Pardo (Zaragoza, 1884–1944, Buenos Aires) - primary

Victor Talking Machine Company (active Camden, New Jersey, 1901–1929) - publisher

Flamenco Record: "Zaragozanas Puras No. 1", "Zaragozanas Netas", early 20th century

Gift from the American artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1916. U11s7.13

Courtesy of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

Juanito Pardo (Zaragoza, 1884–1944, Buenos Aires) - primary

Victor Talking Machine Company (active Camden, New Jersey, 1901–1929) - publisher

Flamenco Record: "Zaragozanas Puras No. 1", "Zaragozanas Netas", early 20th century

Gift from the American artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1916. U11s7.13

Courtesy of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

Niña de los Peines (Sevilla, 1890–1969)

Flamenco Record: "Seguidillas Gitanas", "Sevillanas No. 3", 1901–1916

Gift from the American artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1916. U11s7.6

Courtesy of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

The Live From the Legion's “Holiday 2021” season features beloved classical tunes played from the museum’s Spreckels Organ. Celebrate the end of the year and enjoy the sounds of holiday classical music with principal organist Jonathan Dimmock!

The Live From the Legion's “Holiday 2021” season features beloved classical tunes played from the museum’s Spreckels Organ. Celebrate the end of the year and enjoy the sounds of holiday classical music with principal organist Jonathan Dimmock!

The Live From the Legion's “Holiday 2021” season features beloved classical tunes played from the museum’s Spreckels Organ. Celebrate the end of the year and enjoy the sounds of holiday classical music with principal organist Jonathan Dimmock!

The Live From the Legion's “Holiday 2021” season features beloved classical tunes played from the museum’s Spreckels Organ. Celebrate the end of the year and enjoy the sounds of holiday classical music with principal organist Jonathan Dimmock!

Nature has always been an artist’s greatest muse, and when combined with human love, as in the High Middle German poem “Unter der linden grüne” (“Under the Linden Green,” ca. 1200), we have perfection. The poem was paired with an old French melody and became quite popular during the Renaissance period. Jan Both’s Italian "Landscape with Horsemen" (17th century) focuses more on the tree than the horsemen. Perhaps both artists were observing that all of life exists within the context of trees and nature

Artwork:

Jan Both

Italian Landscape with Horsemen, 17th century

Oil on canvas, 381 3/16 x 38 1/16 in. (968.2 x 96.7 cm)

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Memorial gift from Dr. T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 69.30.216

Photograph courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Composition: Jan P. Sweelinck (1562 - 1621), Onder een linde groen (variations)