Miss Mathilde Townsend
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 152.7 x 101.6 cm (60 1/8 x 40 in.) framed: 182.9 x 132.1 x 15.2 cm (72 x 52 x 6 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the sitter, Mrs. Sumner Welles
Accession Number
1952.3.1
About the Artist
John Singer Sargent · 1856–1925
John Singer Sargent, born on January 12, 1856, in Florence to American expatriate parents FitzWilliam Sargent, an eye surgeon and medical illustrator, and Mary Newbold Singer, an amateur artist, enjoyed a nomadic childhood across Europe. His mother nurtured his artistic inclinations with sketchbooks and museum visits, while he received early watercolor lessons from German landscape painter Carl We...