John Singer Sargent "Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon" Custom Print
Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent (1866-1954)
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856 - 1925
oil on canvas; 62 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. (158.8 x 108 cm) frame: 72 7/8 × 52 1/4 × 5 in.
Museum purchase with funds provided by John Bohorfoush, the 1984 Museum Dinner and Ball, and the Museum Store.
John Singer Sargent was the preeminent portraitist of the Gilded Age. With his brilliant bravura brushwork, flair for rich colors, and dramatic juxtaposition of light and dark tones, he made striking images of the American and European elite. Born to American parents in Italy, Sargent spent most of his life in Europe, where he traveled extensively, studying the work of the Old Masters. He greatly admired Diego Velázquez’s realism and Frans Hals’s painterly brush strokes, both of which he would incorporate into his own work. Sargent painted this portrait of Lady Helen Vincent in Venice. A glimpse of the Grand Canal is visible through the balustrade in the lower-left corner. He elongates Lady Helen’s limbs, underscoring her gracefulness, while the black dress emphasizes her milk-white skin, a sign of her nobility. Her direct but pensive gaze suggests her intellect: she was a member of The Souls, a salon of prominent intellectuals that included Henry James and Edith Wharton.
This reproduction is printed using state-of-the-art printing technology and materials. The high-density pigments provide rich and long-lasting colors and tonalities. Printed on 100% acid-free cotton fine art paper designed to preserve color and detail for a hundred years or more. Enviromentally friendly and printed in the USA.
Framed prints are made using the highest quality wood, printed with precision-cut acid-free matt board, and mounted behind a UV-blocking semi-gloss plexiglass to protect from the sun, dust, pollution, heat, and humidity. Includes wall hanging mount, wall friendly bumpers and a protective backing.
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