DrawingsAmerican20th century

Gardens at Florence

c. 1910

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

36.5 × 53.5 cm (14 3/8 × 21 1/16 in.) mat: 63.5 × 76.2 cm (25 × 30 in.) frame: 67.6 × 80.3 × 2.9 cm (26 5/8 × 31 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)

Provenance

The artist to Scott and Fowles, New York, 1921; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, 1922; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

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