Carrara: A Quarry (1911), one of many watercolors from Sargent’s travels to the quarry in Italy; it shows his fascination with light on stone.

Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum & Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Carrara: A Quarry (1911), one of many watercolors from Sargent’s travels to the quarry in Italy; it shows his fascination with light on stone. Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum & Museum of Fine Arts, Boston