Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-singer-sargent-475" aria-label="More by John Singer Sargent" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Singer Sargent</a>
Hylda Daughter Asher and Mrs Wertheimer
Presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922
actions: postures and motions
adults
clothing and personal items
dahlia
domestic
dress
furnishings
glove
individuals: female
interior - non-specific
interiors
named individuals
objects
people
plants and flowers
portraits
spectacles
standing
table
vase
vessels and containers
Wertheimer, Hylda
Wilson-Young, Hylda
woman
<p>Hylda was the third daughter of the wealthy art dealer Asher Wertheimer, who had commissioned Sargent to paint twelve portraits of his family. Sargent''s reputation ensured that such portraits were a token of wealth and social standing. The portrait of Hylda is in the grand manner of the old masters, and great care is given to the depiction of the different luxurious textures of her clothing. Sargent tried to dissuade Hylda from wearing her <i>pince-nez</i>, which undermine this illusion, but they were retained at her insistence.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
10 June 2001 – 8 March 2004
2004-03-08
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2001-06-10
Fashionable Portraits
Collection based display
15 November 2021 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
15 November 2021 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
2021-11-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2021-11-15
Sargent's Wertheimer Portraits
Collection based display
Hylda, Daughter of Asher and Mrs Wertheimer
support: 2146 × 1435 mm
Presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922
<p>Hylda was the third daughter of the wealthy art dealer Asher Wertheimer, who had commissioned Sargent to paint twelve <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> of his family. Sargent''s reputation ensured that such portraits were a token of wealth and social standing. The portrait of Hylda is in the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/grand-manner" title="Glossary definition for 'Grand Manner'"><span>grand manner</span></a> of the old masters, and great care is given to the depiction of the different luxurious textures of her clothing. Sargent tried to dissuade Hylda from wearing her <i>pince-nez</i>, which undermine this illusion, but they were retained at her insistence. 
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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DISPLAY_CAPTION
<p><b>N03707</b> HYLDA, DAUGHTER OF ASHER AND MRS WERTHEIMER 1901</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘John S. Sargent 1901’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 84 1/2×56 1/2 (215·5×143·5).
<br/>Presented to the National Gallery by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922; transferred 1926.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> As for <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-asher-wertheimer-n03705" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03705</span></a>.
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Downes, 1925, pp.46, 200, repr. facing p.216; Mount, 1955, pp.225, 436; McKibbin, 1956, p.130; Mount, 1957, pp.187, 345.</p>
<p>Never exhibited, this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> is contemporaneous with <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-ena-and-betty-daughters-of-asher-and-mrs-wertheimer-n03708" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03708</span></a>. The sitter, who afterwards became Mrs H. Wilson-Young (1878–1938?), was the third eldest daughter of the Wertheimer family (information from Mr John Mathias, 8 June 1961).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-05T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults clothing and personal items dahlia domestic dress furnishings glove individuals: female interior - non-specific interiors named individuals objects people plants and flowers portraits spectacles standing table vase vessels and containers Wertheimer, Hylda Wilson-Young, Hylda woman