The Countess of
Rocksavage
later
Marchioness of Cholmondeley
(Sybil Sassoon)
John
Singer Sargent --
American painter
1922
Private collection
Oil on canvas
161.3 x 89.8 cm (63 1/2 x 35 5/8 in.)
Inscribed: (Lower right:) John S. Sargent 1922
Jpg:
Three-quarter-length
standing portrait of the Countess of Rocksavage wearing a black dress
with stand-up collar, gold panel down the front, red accents, and gold
train hanging for the shoulders. She wears several long strands of
pearls with a gold winged jewel hanging at her breast. She holds a
single flower in her right hand.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of
Cholmondeley, Marchioness of, until 1989.
Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of, until 1990.
Remarks:
Sybil Sassoon (1894-1989)
married the Earl of Rocksavage in 1913 and became Marchioness of
Cholmondeley in 1923 with his accession to fifth maquess.
Bibliography:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine
Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The
later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 603.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine
Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The
later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 264.
SIRIS # IAP 81690111
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