This is a lovely portrait of a railroad president's wife by Anders Zorn, a wonderful painter who unfortunately is almost totally eclipsed by his friend and contemporary John Singer Sargent, who had a very similar style. They both did many elongated portraits that had loose brushstrokes evoking Impressionism. Sargent, and their other friend James McNeill Whistler, are said to have both complimented this painting, which now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And look at the cute dog!
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