Harvard Art Museums > 1933.45.C: Study for Crucifix, Boston Public Library Sculpture 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 Crucifix, Boston Public Library (John Singer Sargent) , 1933.45.C,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231340. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1933.45.C People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Study for Crucifix, Boston Public Library Classification Sculpture Work Type relief, sculpture Date 1893 - 1903 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/231340 Physical Descriptions Medium Painted and gilt plaster with wire support Technique Cast Dimensions 72 x 79 x 8.5 cm (28 3/8 x 31 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent (through Thomas A. Fox, Esq.) Accession Year 1933 Object Number 1933.45.C 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 Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R. A., exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts (London, England, 1926), no. 612 Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 1998), p. 192, under no. 81 Nancy Lloyd, "Reconstruction of Sargent's Scale Model for the Crucifix", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 58-66, repr. in color, fig. 2, p. 58; fig. 13, p. 64; fig. 14, p. 65 [A, B, and C] [Reproduction only], Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000)., 1933.45.A and C repr. in color on cover 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. 313, cat. 333, ill. New Acquisitions: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture 1780-1960, auct. cat., Shepherd & Derom Galleries (New York, Fall 2012), under cat. no. 24 A Rediscovered Maquette by John Singer Sargent for the Crucifix at the Boston Public Library, auct. cat., Shepherd Gallery (New York, 2017), passim John Thomas, Redemption Achieved: John Singer Sargent's "Crucifixion of Christ with Adam & Eve" and Its Place in His Work, Twin Books (Wolverhampton, 2017), pp. 17, 18, 27, 28 Exhibition History Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R.A., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/14/1926 - 03/13/1926 Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999 Related Works 1933.45.A-F John Singer Sargent Model for the Boston Public Library, South End Paintings 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