title: Lady Agnew of Lochnaw

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Singer_Sargent" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Singer Sargent"><span title="American painter (1856–1925)">John Singer Sargent</span></a> </bdi>

date: 1892<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1892-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>

medium: Oil on canvas

dimensions: size cm 127 101

current location: Institution:National Gallery of Scotland <!--within the institution-->

source: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5396/lady-agnew-lochnaw-1864-1932-1892

credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5396/lady-agnew-lochnaw-1864-1932-1892">https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5396/lady-agnew-lochnaw-1864-1932-1892</a>

title: <div class="fn"> <i>Portrait of Lady Agnew of Lochnaw</i> </div>

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Singer_Sargent" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Singer Sargent"><span title="American painter (1856–1925)">John Singer Sargent</span></a> </bdi>

date: 1892<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1892-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>

medium: Oil on canvas

dimensions: size cm 127 101

current location: Institution:National Gallery of Scotland <!--within the institution-->

source: http://www.nationalgalleries.org

credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nationalgalleries.org">http://www.nationalgalleries.org</a>

description: <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">lady</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">agnew</u>'s direct gaze and informal pose, emphasised by the flowing fabric and lilac sash <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">of</u> her dress ensure the portrait's striking impact. Andrew Noel <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">agnew</u>, a barrister who had inherited the baronetcy and estates <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">of</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">lochnaw</u> in Galloway, commissioned this painting <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">of</u> his young wife, Gertrude Vernon (1865-1932), in 1892. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1898 and made <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">sargent</u>'s name. The sculptor Rodin described him as 'the Van Dyck <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">of</u> our times'. Portrait commissions poured in and <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">sargent</u> enjoyed something <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">of</u> a cult following in Edwardian society. It also launched <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">lady</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">agnew</u> as a society beauty. (from <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nationalgalleries.org">http://www.nationalgalleries.org</a>)

title: <div class="fn"> <span >Portrait of Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1865-1932)</span> </div>

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Singer_Sargent" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Singer Sargent"><span title="American painter (1856–1925)">John Singer Sargent</span></a> </bdi>

date: 1892<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1892-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>

medium: Oil on canvas

dimensions: size cm 127 101

current location: Institution:National Gallery of Scotland

source: Own by [[User:Ad Meskens|Ad Meskens]].

credit: <span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ad_Meskens" title="User:Ad Meskens">Ad Meskens</a>.

description: <div class="description"> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">lady</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">agnew</u>'s direct gaze and informal pose, emphasised by the flowing fabric and lilac sash <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">of</u> her dress ensure the portrait's striking impact.</div>