DrawingsAmerican19th century
Study for the Frieze of the Prophets, Boston Public Library (recto and verso)
1890-1895
Artists
John Singer SargentArtist
Description
Verso drawing is vertically oriented.
Dimensions
25.3 x 36.7 cm (9 15/16 x 14 7/16 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.
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