John Singer Sargent Painting Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and her daughter Rachel in the Gothic Room
Creation Date
1903
Object Case
Sargent / Whistler Case
Provenance
Probably a gift from John Templeman Coolidge to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1903.
Dimensions
16.2 x 13.7 cm (6 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Platinum print
Web Commentary
Although the Gothic Room was closed to the public, Gardner allowed her friends access to the gallery. John Singer Sargent used the space as a studio in which to paint the double portrait of Gretchen Warren with her daughter now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
David McKibbin. Sargent's Boston, with an Essay and Biographical Summary and a Complete Check List of Sargent's Portraits (Boston, 1956), pp. 47-50, fig. 32.
Louisa Hall Tharp. Mrs. Jack: A Biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1965), p. 250.
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Although the Gothic Room was closed to the public, Gardner allowed her friends access to the gallery. John Singer Sargent used the space as a studio in which to paint the double portrait of Gretchen Warren with her daughter now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
