Alfred, Son of Asher Wertheimer, (painting).

Alfred, Son of Asher Wertheimer, (painting).

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.

Alfred, Son of Asher Wertheimer, (painting).

64 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (163 x 115 cm)

(Lower right:) John S. Sargent, 1902 signed

Three-quarter-length standing portrait of Alfred Wertheimer (1876-1901). He leans against a table with his left hand resting on a pile of books. He holds papers in his right hand. Two glass retorts hung in the upper left, indicating his profession as chemist.

Portrait male -- Wertheimer, Alfred -- Knee length

Occupation -- Science -- Chemist

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Tate Gallery, Millbank, London, England SW1P 4RG Accession Number: N03709

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. 431.

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. 90.

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