Harvard Art Museums > 1937.8.139: Coptic Church Interior, Old Cairo Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Coptic Church Interior, Old Cairo (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.8.139,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310342. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.8.139 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Coptic Church Interior, Old Cairo Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1891 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310342 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 35.4 x 25.8 cm (13 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper center, graphite, in artist's hand: dome inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Coptic Church -- Old Cairo 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 1937.8.139 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2010), p. 215 Exhibition History Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020 Related Works 1937.8.137 John Singer Sargent Study of an Egyptian Architectural Facade Drawings 1937.8.136 John Singer Sargent Falcon, Mummy, and Vulture, after an Egyptian original Drawings 1937.8.10 John Singer Sargent Ceiling at Denderah; verso: Two Colossi in the Desert Drawings 1937.8.135 John Singer Sargent Wall Relief of Lions at Denderah, Egypt Drawings 1937.8.138 John Singer Sargent Wall Relief of Three Egyptian Figures; verso: Study of Egyptian Figure Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
