books0977:Portrait of Doña María Mercedes de Alvear (1921). Philip Alexius de L&aacu
books0977: Portrait of Doña María Mercedes de Alvear (1921). Philip Alexius de László (Hungarian, 1869-1937). Oil on canvas. The portrait was commissioned by Mercedes de Alvear’s parents, to hang in their palatial home a few miles out of Buenos Aires, close to the estuary of Río de la Plata. De László completed Mercedes de Alvear’s portrait in December 1921 in Paris, during a period of intense work. -- source link