1937.7.2.49: Dancing Faun and Narcissus, after the Antique; verso: Cave Canem, after a Pompeiian mosaic,
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.7.2.49
- People
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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
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- 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.
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