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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Sargent, John Singer Creator Nationality: North American; American Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1856 - 1925 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: John Singer Sargent Title: Mrs. Ralph Curtis Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1898 Creation End Date: 1898 Creation Date: 1898 Object Type: Paintings Classification Term: Painting Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas Dimensions: Unframed: 219.3cm x 104.8cm Inscriptions: Inscribed: To Ralph and Mrs. Ralph, John S. Sargent 1898 AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1998.168 Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: The subject of this painting (born Lisa DeWolf Colt) was the wife of one of Sargent's closest friends, his cousin Ralph Curtis, who was also a painter. She leans backward, with her hands resting on a table and seems to look over the viewer, as if she is about to greet some other friends who have just entered the room. The setting is the Palazzo Barbaro in Venice, which the Curtis family purchased in 1878, and where they entertained a distinguished group of guests, including Henry James, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and the novelist Vernon Lee. Claude Monet painted from the front steps of the Palazzo and Henry James used the palace as the Venetian setting for his famous novel, The Wings of the Dove (1902). Until now this painting has been known to few people, since for a century it apparently never left the room for which it was painted in the Palazzo Barbaro. One of Sargent's masterpieces, and a stunning display of his virtuoso brushwork, it is also the first canvas by the artist to enter the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection. The painting's acquisition coincides with the 100th anniversary of its creation. AMICA ID: CMA_.1998.168 AMICA Library Year: 2002 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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