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Antonio Mancini
John Singer Sargent American
Not on view
Sargent once described Italian artist Antonio Mancini (1853–1930) as "the best living painter." During the 1870s, Mancini regularly visited Paris, where his friends included novelist Paul Bourget and Sargent himself, who is said to have "accompanied him everywhere." The friendship between Mancini and Sargent continued in the early 1880s in Rome, where Mancini lived following a nervous breakdown.
In late June 1901, Mancini arrived in London, where Sargent introduced him to influential patrons, such as Mrs. Charles Hunter and Asher Wertheimer, and helped to promote his career in England. This expressive portrait was executed in about an hour.
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