Winifred,
Duchess of Portland
(Winifred
Dallas-Yorke)
John Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1902
Private collection
Oil on
canvas
226.1
x
110.5 cm (89
x 43 1/2 in.)
Inscribed: (Lower right:) John S. Sargent 1902
Jpg: englishpainting.co.uk
Description:
Full-length standing portrait of the Duchess of Portland (1863-1954)
leaning against a white marble mantlepiece. She wears a white satin
gown with a standing collar and a red velvet cloak. Strands of pearls
festoon across her corsage from a pearl brooch. She wears bracelets and
rings and holds a book in her left hand.
(SIRIS)
Sargent had painted her
husband
the previous year:
Duke
of Portland
1901
(Black
and White image)
Philip
Alexius de Laszlo
British
portrait
painter, 1869-1937
Duchess
of Portland
1911
Notes:
Provenance:
Formerly in the collecion of Portland, William John Arthur Charles
James Bentinck, 6th Duke of, until 1943.
Portland, 7th Duke of, until 1977.
Bibliography:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, no. 414.
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. 69.
SIRIS IAP 81690336
- See the year in
review 1902
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