Sargent's Daughters: The Biography of a Painting (pgs 189-219 end)

Summary
The painting at first was always with the Boit family but after awhile they separated Sargent used the painting as for "professional aspirations" (Hirshler 189). Sargent was not finish he wanted to show the whole world once more the painting in a museum, when the portrait came back to Boston it got a lot of attention on how important it was. Ned owed a Trust $125,000 and it kept adding up, so for the girls not having to suffer the debt from their father, Bob Boit decided to sell the portrait. Selling the pictured failed because the price was too high to buy. Sargent came back with his paintings for the Boston Public Library mural. At the end all the girls decided to give the painting to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts agreed by the Trust and lawyer. The painting was analyzed by a Spanish master Velasquez, mostly like everyone else he agreed that Sargent was a talented artist. He also said his paintings are hard to figure out. The painting of the girls was very popular to be selected in his show. Even though highly known, the painting was not that discuss in the catalogue just mentioned in the exhibit. Sargent was criticized too, but the painting was move to the New York gallery. The people that did not like Sargent always rated him as most popular. People continued to analyze the portrait of the girls even though they had answers.

Quotation
When Hirshler is explaining what matters, "it does not really matter who these young girls were, where they were painted, or what psychological insights Sargent may or may not have revealed" (Hirshler 219).

Reaction
Finally finished with the book, I have to say that the ending was the best part of the book because it focus on the end of the painting. In this quote it is like Erica E. Hirshler did all of these things in this book, so why does she say it does not matter? Then she says all that matters id the answers you find, which makes since because everyone has a different question and find different answers to them. In her book she talks about all these different things. When first reading this part you think well if this stuff does not matter than why did I read the book or why did she write it. The main reason I think she wrote it was because she had a question and she found an answer. This book would be good for anyone who say this painting in the exhibit and has questions about the girls, their family, and Sargent himself.