19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond Brooch Watercolour a path winds its way

a path winds its way around to our left before disappearing behind some buildings

while the reeds are just quickly sketched in

Sargent produced a stylish portrait of his teacher in 1879 - a work which is currently in the Met

An attractive early 20th-century oil on wood by French artist

which perhaps suggests that the artist knew the sitter

19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond Brooch Watercolour a path winds its wayA charming portrait of a continental lady dressed in the fashion a la mode of the 1890s. Her hair is styled into a coiffure and she wears a large diamond brooch that sparkles with light. The coiffure was a must have hairstyle in the 1890s as this article from 1894 explains: A potent factor in any womans appearance is her coiffure. Indeed, no other item of her toilette is really so influential, either to emphasize or to lessen her natural