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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
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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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