DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Atlas and Moderation, Royal Palace, Amsterdam; verso: Partial Rocky Landscape

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Landscape sketch on verso is horizontally oriented and covers the verso of this page and the recto of the next.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.2 x 15.9 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/4 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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