1937.11.78: Study for one of Angels at Right, "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.11.78

People

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

Title

Study for one of Angels at Right, "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, album page

Date

1895 - 1916

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/196928

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on blue laid paper

Dimensions

62 x 47.8 cm (24 7/16 x 18 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.r., red pencil: 78
• watermark: INGRES / FRANCE [with letters JA in oval]
• inscription: l.l., charcoal, in artist's hand: Marcantonio / 44 College St / Chelsea

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

1937.11.78

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 111, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
• Mary Crawford Volk, The Evocative Line: Preparatory Sketches for "Israel and the Law" by John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc. (Boston, MA, 2004), pp. 7-8

Related Works

• 1937.11

  John Singer Sargent

  Album; Studies for "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

  Drawings

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