1937.11.9: Study of Draped Knees for the Law; verso: Sketch for Warrior Angels at Right, both for "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.11.9

People

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

Title

Study of Draped Knees for the Law; verso: Sketch for Warrior Angels at Right, both for "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/198381

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on heavy blue wove paper

Dimensions

63.2 x 46 cm (24 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.r., red pencil: 9
• watermark: CANSON & MONTGOLFIER-- VIDALON-- LES-- ANNONAY ANC'NE MANUF'RE

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

1937.11.9

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Verso bears very slight sketch in charcoal of the angels at the right of the composition.

Publication History

• 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), fig. 20, 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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