1943.312: Granada (Church of San Jerónimo, Granada)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.312

People

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

Title

Granada (Church of San Jerónimo, Granada)

Other Titles

Former Title: Angels, after a relief, Church of Los Jerónimos, Granada
Former Title: Granada Statues

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1895

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/307926

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on heavy off-white wove paper

Dimensions

43.1 x 32.1 cm (16 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l.: John S. Sargent-- Granada
• inscription: left side of verso, graphite: 1575
• inscription: verso of secondary support, graphite: Granada Statues

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The artist to Scott & Fowles, New York, 1921; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop, March 1922; his bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.312

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Henry McBride, "Souvenirs of a Master of Technique", New York Tribune (December 11, 1921), p. C7
• John Singer Sargent, His Own Work, exh. cat., Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated
• 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. 316, cat. no. 335, reproduced in b&w
• Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2010), pp. 280, 282, 283, 359, no. 979, repr. p. 282
• Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1900-1907, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2012), pp. 97, 98 (notes 1 and 2), 233
• Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), pp. 19, 84, repr. as pl. 15 on p. 84

Exhibition History

• Water Colors by Sargent, Scott and Fowles, 12/01/1921 - 12/31/1921
• American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023

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