1937.8.174: Study for the Angel Gabriel for "Annunciation," Boston Public Library; verso: Studies for the Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.8.174

People

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

Title

Study for the Angel Gabriel for "Annunciation," Boston Public Library; verso: Studies for the Boston Public Library

Other Titles

Former Title: Emperor

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1895 - 1916

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310310

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

25.1 x 35.6 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

1937.8.174

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 1998), p. 198, under no. 89
• 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

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