DrawingsAmerican19th century

Perseus, after Canova

1868 - 1869

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Antonio CanovaArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

29.1 x 19.2 cm (11 7/16 x 7 9/16 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.

Related Artworks

Drawings

Study of the Angel Gabriel, for "Annunciation," Boston Public Library; verso: Studies for "Nativity" and "Annunciation," Boston Public Library

John Singer Sargent, 1895-1916

Graphite and conté crayon on cream wove paper; verso: graphite

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Landscape

Denman Waldo Ross, 19th-20th century

Black chalk on off-white laid paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Waterfalls, Intervale, New Hampshire

Denman Waldo Ross, 19th-20th century

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Study of Tree

Ephraim Whitman Gurney, 19th century

Brown wash over graphite on heavy ivory wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Study of Two Knees; verso: Full-Length Female Portrait Study

John Singer Sargent, 19th-20th century

Charcoal on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Study for Angel at Far Left, "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

John Singer Sargent, 1895 - 1916

Charcoal on off-white laid paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Mountain Landscape

William Louis Sonntag, c. 1865-1875

Watercolor on white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Mrs. William Marshall Cazalet and her Children (?) (recto and verso)

John Singer Sargent, c. 1900 - 1901

Graphite on tan wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Landscape with Buildings; verso: blank page

Benjamin Champney, 1859

Graphite on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Mount Tohivea, Island of Moorea

John La Farge, Apr 20 1891 - Apr 21 1891

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Street Scene

Frederic B. Crowninshield, 1871

Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Lion Head, after Ruskin

Charles Herbert Moore, June 1876

Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican