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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.8.196
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Apse Inscription from Torcello, Italy; verso: Partial Sketch of Figures
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1897
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191331

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
6.9 x 24.9 cm (2 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: graphite, in artist's hand: Inscription round apse of Torcello

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
1937.8.196
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Inscription reads: FORMULA VIRTUTIS MARIS ASTRUM PORTA SALUTIS / PROLE MARIA LEVAT QUOS CONIUGE SUBDIVIT EVA. The sheet is cut down, as evidenced by the partial sketch on the verso; the figures depicted there appear to be mural-related, possibly for the "Sermon on the Mount;" the figure at the right may be Christ, with three figures at the left reaching for his hand.

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. 314

Verification Level

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