Cecile de Wentworth

Cecile de Wentworth (1853 – 28 August 1933) was an American portrait artist who resided in France and painted influential figures.

Cecilia Smith (later Cecile de Wentworth) was born in 1853 to a prominent family in New York City.

[1][2] In 1886, she began studying painting under Alexandre Cabanel and Édouard Detaille at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.

[1][2] This led to the pope bestowing her with the title of Grand Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and creating a papal Marchesa for her.

[2] She is one of the few female artists whose paintings have been purchased by the Musée du Luxembourg[2] Media related to Cecile Smith de Wentworth at Wikimedia Commons