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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.45.B
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Study for "Frieze of the Angels," Boston Public Library
Other Titles
Former Title: Sketch for Frieze: Doctrine of the Redemption, South End, Sargent Hall, Boston
Former Title: Model for Boston Public Library decoration, Christian end
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1893 - 1903
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231264

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on panel with paper additions
Dimensions
100.3 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm (39 1/2 x 96 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent (through Thomas A. Fox, Esq.)
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.45.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R. A., exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts (London, England, 1926), no. 612
  • Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 1998), p. 194, under no. 82
  • Nancy Lloyd, "Reconstruction of Sargent's Scale Model for the Crucifix", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 58-66, repr. in color, fig. 14, p. 65 [A, B, and C]; detail repr. fig. 6, p. 60
  • Kate Olivier, "Sargent's Scale Model for the 'Trinity' Lunette and the 'Frieze of Angels': Examination and Conservation", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 52-57, repr. in color, fig. 2, p. 53; details repr. fig. 4, p. 54; fig. 8, p. 56
  • Sally M. Promey, Painting Religion in Public: John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at the Boston Public Library, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ, 1999), p. 90, fig. 58
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 313, cat. 333, ill.
  • Angela Chang, Glenn Gates, Teri Hensick, Philip Klausmeyer, Miriam Stewart, Kate Olivier, Ruxandra Stoicescu, and Carol Troyen, John Singer Sargent's 'Triumph of Religion' at the Boston Public Library: Creation and Restoration, ed. Narayan Khandekar, Gianfranco Pocobene, and Kate Smith, Harvard Art Museum/Yale University Press (Cambridge/New Haven and London, 2009), p. 144, fig. 6.31; p. 159, fig. 7.1
  • A Rediscovered Maquette by John Singer Sargent for the Crucifix at the Boston Public Library, auct. cat., Shepherd Gallery (New York, 2017), passim, repr. p. 3
  • John Thomas, Redemption Achieved: John Singer Sargent's "Crucifixion of Christ with Adam & Eve" and Its Place in His Work, Twin Books (Wolverhampton, 2017), p. 17

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R.A., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/14/1926 - 03/13/1926
  • Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999

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