Almina, Daughter of Asher Wertheimer, (painting).

Almina, Daughter of Asher Wertheimer, (painting).

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.

Almina, Daughter of Asher Wertheimer, (painting).

52 3/4 x 39 3/4 in. (134 x 98.5 cm)

(Upper left:) John S. Sargent (Upper right:) 1908 signed

Three-quarter-length portrait of Almina Wertheimer seated with one leg bent underneath her. She wears a white dress and an ivory over-jacket with green spots. She wears a turban with pearls. She holds a sarod (stringed instrument from India).

Portrait female -- Fachiri, Antonio Pandelli, Mrs. (Almina Wertheimer) -- Knee length

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Guitar

Dress -- Ethnic -- Turkish Dress

Tate Gallery, Millbank, London, England SW1P 4RG Accession Number: N03713

Presented by Wertheimer, Asher, family of, 1922.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 549.

Gidley, M., "A Catalogue of American paintings in British Public Collections," [Exeter] University of Exeter, American Arts Documentation Centre, 1974.

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

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 203.

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