1937.7.2.49: Dancing Faun and Narcissus, after the Antique; verso: Cave Canem, after a Pompeiian mosaic,

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

sketchbook page, drawing

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

Permissions

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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.

Related Works

• 1937.7.2.1-65

  John Singer Sargent

  Sketchbook ("1869"): Travel Sketches and Copies after the Antique

  Drawings

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