Harvard Art Museums > 1994.169: Study for "Prometheus," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for "Prometheus," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (John Singer Sargent) , 1994.169,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/226700. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1994.169 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Study for "Prometheus," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1916 - 1921 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/226700 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 114.3 x 114.3 cm (45 x 45 in.) framed: 118.1 x 118.1 x 3.8 cm (46 1/2 x 46 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Violet Ormond to the School of Architecture [later part of Graduate School of Design], Harvard University, c. 1930; transferred to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (assumed to be a Gift of Emily Sargent and Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent) Accession Year 1994 Object Number 1994.169 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History "Corporation Records", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, June 1931), v. XXXIX, p. 514 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 339-40, cat. 358, ill. p. 340 Nathaniel Silver, Boston's Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2020), p. 115 note 32 Exhibition History The Sargent Collection of Studies and Preliminary Work for Decorations in the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 05/01/1927 - 12/31/1927 Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Collection Highlights Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
