Harvard Art Museums > 1937.8.146: Lion, after an Achaemenid Relief in the Louvre 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"Lion, after an Achaemenid Relief in the Louvre (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.8.146,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310227. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.8.146 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Lion, after an Achaemenid Relief in the Louvre Other Titles Former Title: Study of a Wall Relief of a Lion from Susa, Iran Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1891-1892 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310227 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 17.7 x 25.7 cm (6 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in image, graphite, in artist's hand: [color notations] 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 1937.8.146 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. Descriptions Description Publication History Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 1998), p. 186, cat. no 76, repr. in color Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2010), p. 216, repr. p. 217, fig. 145, p. 219 notes 19 and 20 Exhibition History John Singer Sargent, Tate Britain, London, 10/15/1998 - 01/17/1999 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/22/2018 - 07/31/2018 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
