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Sargent, John Singer,
Portrait female -- Cholmondeley, Marchioness of (Sybil Sassoon)
Painting
The
Countess
of
Rocksavage
, (painting).
Artist:
Sargent
, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
Title:
The
Countess
of
Rocksavage
, (painting).
Other Titles:
Marchioness of Cholmondeley, (painting).
Sybil Sassoon, (painting).
Dates:
1922.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
63 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. (161.3 x 89.8 cm)
Inscription:
(Lower right:) John S.
Sargent
1922 signed
Description:
Three-quarter-length standing portrait of the
Countess
of
Rocksavage
wearing a black dress with stand-up collar, gold panel down the front, red accents, and gold train hanging for the shoulders. She wears several long strands of pearls with a gold winged jewel hanging at her breast. She holds a single flower in her right hand.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Cholmondeley, Marchioness of (Sybil Sassoon) -- Knee length
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Anonymous Collection.
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Cholmondeley, Marchioness of, until 1989.
Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of, until 1990.
Remarks:
Sybil Sassoon (1894-1989) married the Earl of
Rocksavage
in 1913 and became Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1923 with his accession to fifth maquess.
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer
Sargent
: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 603.
McKibbin, David, "
Sargent
's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer
Sargent
: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 264.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 81690111
Item information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
81690111
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