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![]() | Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1904 Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Lugano, Switzerland | ![]()
Lady
Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine, The Duchess of Sutherland and wife of the
4th Duke (d. 1955), was a writer and editor, and served in the Red Cross during
World War I. She was the half-sister to the Countess of Warwick.
Rosemary,
Viscountess Ednam
1917 or 1919
(daughter to
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland)
... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Countess of Lathom 1904 Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, VA | ![]()
The
Countess (nee Wilma "Queenie" Pley-dell-Bouverie 1869-1931) married
first Edward George, second Earl of Lathom in 1899. After his death in 1910,
she married Lieutenant-General Sir Henry M. Lawson in 1912.
Full-length
seated portrait of the Countess of Lathom wearing a plum velvet gown with gauzy
stole and a blue wrap. She wears a tiara... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Eva Wertheimer/Antonio Mancini 1904 Private Collection Unknown, USA | ![]()
Antonio Mancini
c 1898
Note:
Offered
Sotheby's; 3/11/92; Lot 51; $20,000-$30,000
Sold
Sotheby's; 5/24/90; Lot 131; $44,000
Forum
From: eva wertheimer
<eva idawerth eimer@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004
I'm so
thrilled and moved at finding this. I am from Holland.
I don't
know if I am related.
A few... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | An Artist in His Studio 1904 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
![]() | Bed of a mountain torrent in Tirolo c. 1904 - 07 Private Collection Unknown, USA | ![]()
Notes:
Special
thanks to Michele Lener, of Italy, a friend of the
JSS Gallery, for sending me a link to this image.
Exhibitions
Sargent
and Italy, 2002-2003
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![]() | Mountain Fire c. 1903-1908 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | ![]()
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd Baldini, of Colorado, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for help on
this painting.
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
Sargent and
Italy, 2002-2003
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![]() | Lady Helen Vincent (nee d'Abernon) 1904 Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, AL | ![]()
The
painting was done in Venice at a palazzo. The Grand Cannel can be seen through
the rail.
From: Lora Premo
(l
premo 17@comcast.net)
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004
Natasha,
I'm pretty sure that Lady Helen Vincent is not "nee D'Abernon" [as
was previously stated below]. I believe that her husband, Lord D'Abernon, was
elevated from the... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | The Piazzetta, Venice c.1904 | ![]()
The view in
the painting is facing the front of the old Library (designed by Jacopo
Sansovino in 1536) the Pizzetta to the right and beyond which leads to St.
Mark’s Square from the lagoon where Sargent paints this. You can somewhat
see the winged lion of St. Mark in the background (thumbnail left). The
freestanding column supporting St Theodor... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Santa Maria della Salute 1904 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | ![]()
On the Steps of the Salute
c.1906
Watercolor
The Santa
Maria della Salute is one of the significant buildings of Venice (thumbnail).
Sargent painted it a number of times, but never full-on or complete.
He characterized
his paintings in Venice as "snapshots" and wanted very much to
capture the feel of the place... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Sketching on the Giudecca, Venice c. 1904 Private Collection Unknown, USA | ![]()
The Canal
della Giudecca is the wide channel of water south of the main grouping of
islands and north of the long La Giudecca island at the bottom of the map.
In a Gondola (Jane de Glehn)
1904
To find his
scenes in and around Venice, Sargent often paints directly from gondolas taking
a page right out of Claude... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
















