Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer
1898 New Orleans Museum of Art
About this artwork
This life-size oil portrait depicts Flora Wertheimer, the wife of a prominent London art dealer, rendered in Sargent's signature fluid style. It is part of a famous series of portraits commissioned by the Wertheimer family.
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John Singer Sargent painted the Wertheimer family over many years, eventually producing twelve portraits in total. Flora Wertheimer was known for her refined taste and was a central figure in London's social and artistic circles at the turn of the century.
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Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer
John Singer Sargent, 1898
