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Setting Out to Fish

painting by John Singer Sargent, National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Setting Out to Fish

Summary

Setting Out to Fish is a painting[1].

Key Facts

  • Setting Out to Fish is the creator of John Singer Sargent[2].
  • Setting Out to Fish's instance of is recorded as painting[3].
  • Setting Out to Fish's genre is genre art[4].
  • Setting Out to Fish's based on is recorded as Fishing for Oysters at Cancale[5].
  • Setting Out to Fish's depicts is recorded as Cancale[6].
  • Setting Out to Fish's depicts is recorded as beach[7].
  • Setting Out to Fish's depicts is recorded as puddle[8].
  • Setting Out to Fish is made of oil paint[9].
  • Setting Out to Fish is made of canvas[10].
  • Setting Out to Fish's collection is recorded as National Gallery of Art[11].
  • Setting Out to Fish's collection is recorded as Corcoran Gallery of Art[12].
  • Setting Out to Fish's inventory number is recorded as 2014.79.32[13].
  • The location of Setting Out to Fish was National Gallery of Art[14].
  • Setting Out to Fish's Commons category is recorded as En route pour la pêche by John Singer Sargent[15].
  • Setting Out to Fish's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • January 1, 1878 marks the founding of Setting Out to Fish[17].
  • Setting Out to Fish's exhibition history is recorded as Sargent and Paris[18].
  • Setting Out to Fish's title is recorded as En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish)[19].
  • Setting Out to Fish's height is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount': '+78.7'}[20].
  • Setting Out to Fish's width is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount': '+122.9'}[21].
  • Setting Out to Fish's IIIF manifest URL is recorded as https://www.nga.gov/api/v1/iiif/presentation/manifest.json?cultObj:id=166472[22].
  • Setting Out to Fish's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Setting Out to Fish is the creator of John Singer Sargent[2].

Publication

Setting Out to Fish's genre is genre art[4].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[9] and canvas[10]. The location of Setting Out to Fish was National Gallery of Art[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . collections.mfa.org. collections.mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . corcoran.org. Retrieved . corcoran.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Arpyia · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → Fishing for Oysters at Cancale
    Google arts & culture asset id → 6AF8x4_S4fLZXw
    Height → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount':
    Commons category → En route pour la pêche by John Singer Sargent
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1476]]: Setting Out to Fish"
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