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 | Peter A. B. Widener 1902 Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | 
Painted in
Sargent's Tite Street studio in London.
From: The National Gallery
During the
Civil War, Peter Arrell Brown Widener (1834-1915) was a tradesman who supplied
meat to the Union Army near Philadelphia. Following the war, he successfully
invested his profits in trolley cars and public transit systems. He collected
in the princely... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Marion Roller Also entitled Madge Roller (Marian) 1893 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Madge, is
the daughter of Nattie and Harold Roller.
From: Michael Roller
ro lle rs@ukgateway.net
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004
I had an
interesting e-mail a while ago from someone called Tony Hirtenstein,
who is Netty Huxley's great grandson! He had come
across my my e-mail address at the [Mrs. Frederick
William... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Mrs Leopold Hirsch 1902 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Mrs. Charles B Alexander 1902 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Description:
Three-quarter-length
seated portrait of Mrs. Charles Beatty Alexander (nee Harriet Crocker
1859-1935) wearing a white satin gown with gold embellishments and a white boa.
She wears a pearl necklace and is holding a fan in her right hand.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Exhibitions:
Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts One... | GA | igrkio |
 | Rio dell'Angelo 1902 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Side Canal in Venice 1902 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Photos of Side Canals
Sargent did
numerous paintings of side canals over the course of his verious trips. This
one we see is done in a gondola, as many of them were. A stone bridge is in the
distance and such a delightful sense of the shimmering water.
Note:
Sold at Sotherbys, 20-May-1998; lot
29
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 | Small Channel in Venice c. 1902 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Side Canal in Venice
1902
Watercolor on paper
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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 | Spanish Fountain 1902 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Statue of Perseus by Night c. 1902 Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara, CA |
John would
do a number of paintings of Cellini's Perseus
Sketch of Cellini's
"Perseus" watercolor, Loggia dei Lanzi
Note:
Exhibitions
Sargent and
Italy, 2002-2003
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 | The Grand Canal Venice c. 1902 |
The Canal
Grande (Grand Canal) is the main channel that snakes through the bulk of the
islands of Venice. It is along the Grande that the stately Plazzi (palaces) are
found.
This
watercolor (Grand Canal Venice) was a gift to Sargent's friend Leon Delafosse
whom he had painted in 1899.
Leon Delafosse
1899
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- John Singer Sargent
