1937.7.25.6: Study for Pagan Gods, Boston Public Library (recto and verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.7.25.6

People

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

Title

Study for Pagan Gods, Boston Public Library (recto and verso)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

c. 1892-1894

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/197853

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

25.3 x 17.5 cm (9 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.r.c., red-brown ink: 6
• inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: Le Tarouilly / Edifices de Rome moderne

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

1937.7.25.6

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Angela Chang, Glenn Gates, Teri Hensick, Philip Klausmeyer, Miriam Stewart, Kate Olivier, Ruxandra Stoicescu, and Carol Troyen, John Singer Sargent's 'Triumph of Religion' at the Boston Public Library: Creation and Restoration, ed. Narayan Khandekar, Gianfranco Pocobene, and Kate Smith, Harvard Art Museum and Yale University Press (Cambridge/New Haven and London, 2009), p. 125, fig. 5.10 (recto), fig. 5.11 (verso)

Related Works

• 1937.7.25.1-9

  John Singer Sargent

  Sketchbook ("Spain"): Mural Studies for Boston Public Library and Museum of Fine Arts

  Drawings

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