John Singer Sargent • (1856-1925)


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Ena and Betty,
Daughters of Asher & Mrs. Wertheimer

1901, oil on canvas
185.4 x 130.8 cm, 73 x 51 1/2
Tate Gallery


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"Sargent was particularly taken with Ena, an ebullient and mercurial character: 'She was a dashing figure, hopelessly vague about money, engagements, and any domestic routine when she set up house herself at Montagu Square... She had the same quick devotion to paintings, painters and music as her parents." Written by Richard Orman, quoted from page 157 from the book John Singer Sargent edited by Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, published by Princeton University Press, 1998.

Also see "Portrait of Asher Wertheimer" here

Further info on this is in the Thomas Craven essay here.

This picture is part of the collection of the Tate Gallery

Tate Gallery Website here

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