The Sons of Mrs. Malcolm Forbes
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 
1887-1888
Private collection 
Oil on canvas  
75 x 89.5 cm (29 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.)
Inscription: (Upper right:) John S. Sargent 
Jpg: ARC / dovercards
 

Brothers from left to right: Henry Forbes (b. 1882) and Gerrit Forbes (1880-ca. 1965) 
  
Notes: 
Image taken from Dovercards, however documentation and dating from The Smithsonian Catalogue of Works 
  
Provenance:  
  
Formerly in the collection of Forbes, Gerrit, 

Bibilography: 

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;  volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 196. 

McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956. 

Illustration:  

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 201. 

  
Notes: 

  • See the year in review 1887
 

Created 3/26/2003