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Sargent, John Singer,
Portrait group -- Family
Portrait male -- Sitwell, George, Sir
Portrait female -- Sitwell, George, Mrs. (Lady Ida Denison)
Portrait female -- Sitwell, Edith
Portrait female -- Sitwell, Edith
Portrait male -- Sitwell, Osbert
Portrait male -- Sitwell, Sacheverell
Occupation -- Writer
Animal -- Dog
Object -- Toy
Architecture interior -- Domestic
Painting
Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida Sitwell and Family, (painting).
Artist:
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
Title:
Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida Sitwell and Family, (painting).
Dates:
1900.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
67 x 76 in. (170.2 x 193 cm)
Inscription:
(Lower left:) John S. Sargent signed
Description:
Family portrait group with Sir George Sitwell (1860-1943) standing with his arm around his daughter Edith (1887-1964) at left; Lady Ida Sitwell (ca. 1868-1937) standing at center at a round table where she arranges red anemones in a bowl; and the two sons, Osbert (1892-1969) and Sacheverell (1897-1990) sit on the floor with a dog and a board game at right. The figures stand is a domestic interior with a sideboard and tapestry in the background. Lady Ida wears a white evening dress and a black hat with white feathers and red ribbons. Sir George wears riding-dress and Edith wears a red dress.
Subject:
Portrait group -- Family
Portrait male -- Sitwell, George, Sir -- Full length
Portrait female -- Sitwell, George, Mrs. (Lady Ida Denison) -- Full length
Portrait female -- Sitwell, Edith -- Child
Portrait female -- Sitwell, Edith -- Full length
Portrait male -- Sitwell, Osbert -- Child
Portrait male -- Sitwell, Sacheverell -- Child
Occupation -- Writer
Animal -- Dog
Object -- Toy -- Board Game
Architecture interior -- Domestic
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Anonymous Collection.
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Sitwell, George, Sir, until 1943.
Sitwell, Osbert, Sir, until 1969.
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 392.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 45.
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 88570034
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
88570034
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