El Jaleo Candle

During his travels in Spain in 1879, John Singer Sargent was mulling over a major work of art in which he could express his love of Gypsy music, dance, and picturesque costumes. On his return to Paris he set to work on a wide horizontal picture whose proportions simulated the shallow stage space of popular musical establishments. He named the painting El Jaleo to suggest the name of a dance, the jaleo de jerez, while counting on the broader meaning jaleo, which means ruckus or hubbub.

The painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882 with the more explicit title El Jaleo: Danse des gitanes (Dance of the Gypsies). The painting was purchased by American businessman and diplomat T. Jefferson Coolidge in 1882, and was given to Mrs. Gardner as a gift in 1914. Then, as now, El Jaleo resides in the Spanish Cloister of the Gardner Museum, just off the famous Courtyard. 

Infused with the resinous aroma of frankincense, this single-wick candle is crafted in France using pure, clean-burning vegetable soy wax to ensure a consistent and long-lasting flame. Presented in a decorative tin adorned with a detail from John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, it’s as beautiful as it is fragrant. The candle is perfect for gifting, traveling, or keeping, and it brings a touch of art and timeless fragrance into any space.

Made from vegetable soy wax
Single wick
Measures 3"D
3.17 oz 
Made in France

John Singer Sargent (Florence, 1856 - 1925, London), El Jaleo, 1882. Oil on canvas. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.