Harvard Art Museums > 1937.9.17.A: Study for "David in the Wilderness" 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"Study for "David in the Wilderness" (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.9.17.A,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310493. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.9.17.A People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Study for "David in the Wilderness" Other Titles Former Title: Reclining Draped Figure Resting Chin on Left Arm Classification Drawings Work Type album page, drawing Date c. 1895 - 1900 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310493 Physical Descriptions Medium Charcoal on off-white laid paper Dimensions 38.5 x 48.1 cm (15 3/16 x 18 15/16 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 1937.9.17.A 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 Trevor J. Fairbrother, "A Private Album: John Singer Sargent's Studies of Nude Male Models", Arts Magazine (December 1981), vol. LVI, no. 4, pp. 70-79 Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist, exh. cat., Seattle Art Museum/Yale University Press (Seattle, WA and New Haven, CT, 2000), repr. as Folio 17A, following p. 180 Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2010), pp. 323, 327, repr. p. 327, fig. 200 Exhibition History Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999 John Singer Sargent, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 12/14/2000 - 03/18/2001 Related Works 1937.9 John Singer Sargent Album of Figure Studies 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
