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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.7.2.49
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Dancing Faun and Narcissus, after the Antique; verso: Cave Canem, after a Pompeiian mosaic,
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
May 18 1869
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198109

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 24.2 cm (6 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r., red-brown ink: 49
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Dancing Faun. Naples
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Narcissus. Naples / found at Pompeii / May 18th
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Mosaic from the house of Fulvius / the tragic port at Pompeii
  • inscription: verso, in work, graphite, in artist's hand: Cave Canem

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
1937.7.2.49
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paul Fisher, The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, 2022), p. 35, repr.

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