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I’m reblogging this A) because I love it and B) to correct the poster’s tags. This is most likely a Sargent, so turn of the century 19th-20th. I recognize a Sargent when I see one.
This is Portrait of Princess Marthe Bibesco by Giovanni Boldini.
One of my favorite Boldini pieces. It’s dated circa 1911.
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Portrait of Princess Marthe Bibesco by Giovanni Boldini.
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