1931.72: Cornice of the Tower, Turin Cathedral

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1931.72

People

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

Title

Cornice of the Tower, Turin Cathedral

Other Titles

Former Title: Study of a Tower, Turin
Former Title: Architectural Study - Turin

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306506

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, blue wash over graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions

12.7 x 18 cm (5 x 7 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l., graphite: Turin
• inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 503

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

1931.72

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• 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. 155, under no. 116
• 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
• John Singer Sargent, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 12/14/2000 - 03/18/2001

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