Henrietta Reubell
American Henrietta Reubell (ca. 1849–1924) was known in Paris for hosting a lively salon of cosmopolitan expatriate artists and writers. She was a longtime friend and correspondent of Henry James, who was a frequent guest to her apartment on the avenue Gabriel along with James McNeill Whistler, Oscar Wilde, and Edith Wharton. Sargent likely gifted her this portrait in the mid-1880s. She is shown seated in an aesthetic interior before an Asian screen decorated with fantastical animal motifs. The composition is intimate—she leans forward and gazes candidly at the viewer. Her intertwined fingers are ornamented by several blue rings that she was known to have worn regularly. This diminutive watercolor displays the same ambition as Sargent’s full-length formal portraits in oil from this period.
Artwork Details
- Title: Henrietta Reubell
- Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
- Date: ca. 1884–85
- Culture: American
- Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
- Dimensions: 14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm) - Credit Line: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund, 2018 (2018.384)
- Object Number: 2018.384
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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