DrawingsAmerican19th century

Two Heads of Children; a Woman in Renaissance Costume Playing a Lute

1872

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

This page and the previous one are bound together but not bound into the sketchbook. There is also a drawing of a seated figure on the recto that has been erased.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and charcoal on off-white wove paper, fixed

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.1 x 36.5 cm (10 11/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Provenance

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.

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