Painter:

Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925  Search this

Subject:

Bacon, Walter Rathbone, Mrs. (Virginia Purdy Barker)  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Biltmore House Asheville North Carolina

Date:

1896

Notes:

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 326.

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

Summary:

Full-length portrait of Mrs. Walter Bacon (d. 1919) standing with her left arm extended to the wall; her left hand rests on the wall and her right hand on her hip. She wear a Spanish dress with mantilla and holds a fan in her left hand.

Topic:

Portrait female--Full length  Search this

Dress--Accessory--Fan  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81690056

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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