Eve Tempting Adam; verso: Sketches for an Annunciation

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1937.8.178
People: John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title: Eve Tempting Adam; verso: Sketches for an Annunciation
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310313

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 28 x 24.3 cm (11 x 9 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: l.l., graphite: J.S. 377

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: 1937.8.178
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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), verso: pp. 232-233, under no. 195/196

Verification Level

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