1937.8.173: Two Studies for the Angel Gabriel in "Annunciation," Boston Public Library; verso: Studies for "Crucifix," Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.8.173

People

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

Title

Two Studies for the Angel Gabriel in "Annunciation," Boston Public Library; verso: Studies for "Crucifix," Boston Public Library

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1903-1914

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310309

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

25.1 x 35.5 cm (9 7/8 x 14 in.)

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

1937.8.173

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stephanie Herdrich and Helen Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2000), pp. 232-233, under no. 195/196
• Angela Chang, Glenn Gates, Teri Hensick, Philip Klausmeyer, Miriam Stewart, Kate Olivier, Ruxandra Stoicescu, and Carol Troyen, John Singer Sargent's 'Triumph of Religion' at the Boston Public Library: Creation and Restoration, ed. Narayan Khandekar, Gianfranco Pocobene, and Kate Smith, Harvard Art Museum and Yale University Press (Cambridge/New Haven and London, 2009), p. 126, fig. 5.15

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