beautiful things

Trinity College, Oxford

Langdale, UK

This is one of a series of portraits Sargent was commissioned to make of the family of the art dealer Asher Wertheimer. Sargent befriended the family and Wertheimer helped Sargent obtain commissions. This portrait shows Wertheimer’s eldest daughters, Helena (Ena) and Elizabeth (Betty). Sargent was attracted by the charm of the Wertheimer family, especially the vivacity of Ena (right), something which is clearly revealed in this portrait. The different textures of the sisters’ dresses are skilfully evoked, the rich depth of Betty’s red velvet contrasting with the shine of Ena’s white damask.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/giovanni-boldini/portrait-of-a-young-man

J.C. Leyendecker

Music Lesson by Emile Pierre Metzmacher (French, 1815–1890)  

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1825, Thomas Lawrence

Medium: oil,canvas

Le Dessinateur de papiers peints - 1er cahier - Ovide Reynard, C. E. Clerget, Marchand, Buffardin et Lenfant, ameublements dessinés par A. Bertschinger, Fourny et Marchand - 19th c. - via Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Verfallene Kapelle / Chapel Ruin (1845, Oil on canvas) - Carl Hasenpflug

Portrait of the Hon. Emily Mary Lamb, 1803, Thomas Lawrence

Medium: oil

Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire, 1848, Thomas Sully

Alnwick Castle, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1829

Portrait of Francois-Antoine Rasse, Prince of Gavre (1816), Jacques-Louis David 

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