DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study for Hesperides, for "Atlas and the Hesperides," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

1922-1924

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on off-white laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

46.8 x 63.2 cm (18 7/16 x 24 7/8 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

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