1937.7.22.14: Transcription of “Je plains le temps de ma jeunesse” by François Villon; verso: Architectural Sketches (?)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.7.22.14

People

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

Title

Transcription of “Je plains le temps de ma jeunesse” by François Villon; verso: Architectural Sketches (?)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, sketchbook page

Date

c. 1904

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/195622

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

12.7 x 18.3 cm (5 x 7 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: u.r., red-brown ink: 14
• inscription: graphite, in artist's hand: La mort le fait frémir, pâlir, / Le nez courber, les veines tendre, / Le col enfler, la chair mollir, / Jointes et nerfs croître et étendre. / Corps féminin, qui tant est tendre, / Poli, souef, si précieux, / Te faudra il ces maux attendre? / Oui, ou tout vif aller aux cieux.

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

1937.7.22.14

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The poem inscribed on this page continues from the verso of the previous page.

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  John Singer Sargent

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