Oil on canvas.
Jane Fiorentini Steward is an American artist of Florentine/Roman Italian ancestry. She has painted for over 30 years and has had studios in New York City, Salem, MA. and now Sarasota, FL.
The amazing life of Sarah Parker Remond so inspired Jane and connected her to her Florentine name and ancestry. She painted the portrait of Sarah over two years, from 2017 to 2019. It was painted in her home studio at 215 Lafayette Street, bordering the Saltonstall school, now the Sarah Parker Remond School.
Displayed in the painting are motifs symbolizing Salem: a brick archway, a table holding Sarah’s books and a doctor’s stethoscope, and in the background the view of Florence, Italy where she practiced medicine as one of the first female doctors.
Jane Fiorentini, Fine Artist 