1937.8.53: Chapel of Santiago, Cathedral of León, Spain

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.8.53

People

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

Title

Chapel of Santiago, Cathedral of León, Spain

Other Titles

Former Title: Sketch of the Interior of a Vaulted Church, Leon, Spain

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310332

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

37.2 × 25.4 cm (14 5/8 × 10 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

1937.8.53

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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), p. 65 note 1
• Sarah Cash, Elaine Kilmurray, and Richard Ormond, Sargent & Spain, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 2022), cat. no. 120, repr., p. 247

Exhibition History

• Touched by The Hand of God, Gothic Cathedrals & Architectural Innovation, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, 11/04/1996 - 01/01/1997
• Sargent & Spain, National Gallery of Art, 10/02/2022 - 01/02/2023; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 02/11/2023 - 05/14/2023

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