1937.7.32.2: Study for the Prophet Joel, Boston Public Library (recto and verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.7.32.2

People

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

Title

Study for the Prophet Joel, Boston Public Library (recto and verso)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1892-1894

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/198809

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

36.7 x 25.3 cm (14 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, u.r.c., brown ink: 2

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

1937.7.32.2

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. 128, fig. 5.20 (recto)

Related Works

• 1937.7.32.1-18

  John Singer Sargent

  Sketchbook: Studies for the Boston Public Library Mural "The Triumph of Religion": "Frieze of Prophets"

  Drawings

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