1937.10.8.J: Column Base, Siena, Italy; Carved Architectural Design with Animals and Figures, Modena, Italy

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.10.8.J

People

John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)

Title

Column Base, Siena, Italy; Carved Architectural Design with Animals and Figures, Modena, Italy

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/194637

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

36.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/8 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Siena
• inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Modena

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond

Accession Year

1937

Object Number

1937.10.8.J

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The drawing is affixed to the verso of the page.

Publication History

• Miriam Stewart and Kerry Schauber, "Catalogue of Sketchbooks and Albums by John Singer Sargent at the Fogg Art Museum", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 16-38, repr. p. 36 [whole of fol. 8v reproduced]

Exhibition History

• Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999

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