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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.89
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Study of Jamb Figures from Chartres Cathedral
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Jamb Sculpture, Chartres; Study of Romanesque Sculpture, Chartres
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299833

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 33.8 x 24.9 cm (13 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 131

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, 1931.

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
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.89
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Exhibition of Drawings by John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Grand Central Art Galleries (New York, NY, 1928), repr.
  • Melinda Linderer, "Sargent's Legacy: An American Inheritance", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 7-11, p. 8, fig. 2
  • Stephanie Herdrich and Helen Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2000), p. 136, under no. 62
  • Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), p. 65 note 1

Exhibition History

  • Boston Back Bay Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 11/01/1969 - 01/11/1970
  • Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999

Verification Level

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