Teresa Cerutti was a dancer who modeled for James Whistler. After an unfortunate first marriage, she married Will Simmons, son of the mural painter Edward Simmons who took over Whistler's Parisian studio after 1903.
Teresa Cerutti belonged to a troupe of dancers from Milan who travelled to Paris to perform a series of pantomimes. She later went to America and was successful as an interpreter of ancient dances.
According to Cerutti, Whistler painted two portraits of her about 1897/1 (showing 500 of 1327 characters). |
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