Painter:

Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925  Search this

Subject:

Meyer, Carl Ferdinand, Mrs. (Adele Levis)  Search this

Hulbert, Harry, Mrs. (Elsie Charlotte Meyer Lambert)  Search this

Meyer, Frank Cecil  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

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. 324.

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

Summary:

Family portrait of Mrs. Carl Meyer and her two children. Mrs. Meyer is seated on a gilt sofa. She reaches back with her right hand to her son, Frank, who stands behind the sofa with his sister Elsie. Frank holds his mother's hand and Elsie has her arm on Franks's shoulder. Mrs. Meyer wears a stain and velvet dress and pearl necklace. She holds an open fan and rests her left foot on a stool. A book is left open on the sofa.

Topic:

Portrait group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this

Portrait female--Full length  Search this

Portrait female--Child  Search this

Portrait male--Child  Search this

Dress--Accessory--Fan  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81690294

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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