Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon  1904

Sargent painted this portrait of Lady Helen in 1904, during her visit to Venice, Italy. He elongated her arms to accentuate her gracefulness. As part of the portrait-making process, correspondence reveals that at the eleventh hour he repainted the color of her dress, changing it from white to black. [url=http://artsbma.org/january-2015-lady-helen/]Read more... [Birmingham ...