Harvard Art Museums > 1933.47: Study for East Wall ("Synagogue," "Sermon on the Mount," and "Church"), Boston Public Library; verso: Drapery Study for "Heaven," Boston Public Library Drawings 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 East Wall ("Synagogue," "Sermon on the Mount," and "Church"), Boston Public Library; verso: Drapery Study for "Heaven," Boston Public Library (John Singer Sargent) , 1933.47,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306621. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1933.47 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Study for East Wall ("Synagogue," "Sermon on the Mount," and "Church"), Boston Public Library; verso: Drapery Study for "Heaven," Boston Public Library Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1895-1919 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306621 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on dark cream wove paper Dimensions 26.2 × 41.1 cm (10 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent (through Thomas A. Fox, Esq.), 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 1933.47 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 Derrick Randall Cartwright, "Reading Rooms: Interpreting the American Public Library Mural" (Ph.D Diss., University of Michigan, 1994), Unpublished, p. 147, note 138 Sally M. Promey, "Sargent's Truncated Triumph: Art and Religion at the Boston Public Library", The Art Bulletin, College Art Association of America (June 1997), vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 217-250, recto reproduced in b/w p. 244, fig. 34 Sally M. Promey, Painting Religion in Public: John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at the Boston Public Library, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ, 1999), p. 221, fig. 112 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
