From: Jim Niendorff
Sargent painted the subject diagonally lying on her back. The diagonal placement creates a tension in an otherwise serene subject. The painting is further enhanced with the subject’s head lying on a pillow that appears to have been painted with prussian blue while in the bottom right of the painting the subject’s feet are clad in shoes painted with cadmium red. And while the shawl is a maze of shadows and darks, the facial features were painted in six simple strokes.
("Alive From Denver")
Sargent in Italy, 2002-2003