Samuel Jean Pozzi was a Parisian gynecologist.
Henry James said that this portrait by Sargent
was comparable to the 'bearing' of a portrait
by Vandyck. The posing is also likened to El
Greco's Portrait of a Nobleman, a painting
Sargent likely saw while in Spain in 1879.
The
Armond Hammer Collection
Armond Hmmer Museum of Art & Cultura Center,
Los Angeles, California
