Crucifix and Church Dome with Inscription

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1937.8.27
People: John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title: Crucifix and Church Dome with Inscription
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1879
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310254

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

24.9 x 34.5 cm (9 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: at right, graphite, in artist's hand: Mr. and Mrs. Adams /Tetvan - Isaac D. Nahon / British Vice Consul / J. [or G.?] W. Watson Esq. / 15 Plaza de la Infanta Isabel / N. S. Consul, Malaga, Mr. Guarls

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: 1937.8.27
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), under no. 759, fig. 143
Sarah Cash, Elaine Kilmurray, and Richard Ormond, Sargent & Spain, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 2022), p. 235 note 5

Verification Level

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