Watch an illustrated lecture by Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, MFA Boston as she explores John Singer Sargent's numerous portrayals of Jewish sitters, contextualizing their artistic achievement and exploring the critical response they received. From his electric portrayals of members of the Wertheimer family to his debonair portrait of Philip Sassoon included in the Jewish Museum's exhibition, "The Sassoons," Sargent's work reveals an aesthetic agenda intertwined with issues of nationality, heritage, and aspiration.