1937.8.46: Hillscape; verso: Inscription from 1 John, chapter 5

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.8.46

People

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

Title

Hillscape; verso: Inscription from 1 John, chapter 5

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310218

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 37 x 22.9 cm (14 9/16 x 9 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, black ink and graphite, in artist's hand: [graphite and black ink:] [ ] / John 5 Chapter / This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; / not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the / Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. / For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, / the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, / and the blood: and these three agree in one. / 7 Quoniam tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in caelo: / Pater, Verbum, et Spiritus Sanctus; et hi tres unum sunt. / 8 Et tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in terra: spiritus, et aqua, / et sanguis; et hic tres unum sunt.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond

Accession Year

1937

Object Number

1937.8.46

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Right edge is uneven.

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