Model for the Boston Public Library, South End
PaintingsAmerican19th-20th century

Model for the Boston Public Library, South End

1893 - 1903

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist
Classification
Paintings
Technique
Cast
Medium
Oil on panel, with paper additions and cast plaster
Culture
American
Century
19th-20th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Provenance

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

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