1929.285: Study of a Horse for "The Fall of Gog and Magog," Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1929.285

People

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

Title

Study of a Horse for "The Fall of Gog and Magog," Boston Public Library

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1895-1916

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306591

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on blue laid paper

Dimensions

47 × 61.4 cm (18 1/2 × 24 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: u.r., graphite: 2.1.4 D
• watermark: INGRES / FRANCE [with letters JA in oval]
  

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, 1929.

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

Accession Year

1929

Object Number

1929.285

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2008 - 11/16/2008
• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/16/2009 - 11/08/2009

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• 1933.155

  John Singer Sargent

  Study for "Gog and Magog," for the Boston Public Library

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