Harvard Art Museums > 1933.45.A-F: Model for the Boston Public Library, South End Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Model for the Boston Public Library, South End (John Singer Sargent) , 1933.45.A-F,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192588. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1933.45.A-F People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Model for the Boston Public Library, South End Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1893 - 1903 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192588 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on panel, with paper additions and cast plaster Technique Cast Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent (through Thomas A. Fox, Esq.) Accession Year 1933 Object Number 1933.45.A-F Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R. A., exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts (London, England, 1926), no. 612 Edward Waldo Forbes, History of the Fogg Art Museum, Unpublished (1956), p. 152-153 Kate Olivier, "John Singer Sargent's Use of Scale Models for his 'Triumph of Religion' Murals (1890-1919) at the Boston Public Library", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 39-51, p. 42, fig. 4 Ruxandra Stoicescu, "Underdrawings and Compositional Changes on John Singer Sargent's Triumph of Religion Murals at the Boston Public Library" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2003), Unpublished, pp. 1-31 passim A Rediscovered Maquette by John Singer Sargent for the Crucifix at the Boston Public Library, auct. cat., Shepherd Gallery (New York, 2017), passim John Thomas, Redemption Achieved: John Singer Sargent's "Crucifixion of Christ with Adam & Eve" and Its Place in His Work, Twin Books (Wolverhampton, 2017), p. 17 Exhibition History Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R.A., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/14/1926 - 03/13/1926 Related Works 1933.45.B.1 John Singer Sargent Overlay Drawing for "Frieze of the Angels," Boston Public Library Paintings 1933.45.E John Singer Sargent Study for an Angel, Boston Public Library Sculpture 1933.45.D John Singer Sargent Study for Coronation of the Virgin Roundel, South End, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library Sculpture 1933.45.A John Singer Sargent Study for "Doctrine of the Trinity," Boston Public Library Paintings 1933.45.B John Singer Sargent Study for "Frieze of the Angels," Boston Public Library Paintings 1933.45.C John Singer Sargent Study for Crucifix, Boston Public Library Sculpture 1933.45.F John Singer Sargent Fragment for study of "Doctrine of the Trinity," Boston Public Library Paintings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
