DrawingsAmerican19th century

Head of a Bull, after an Achaemenid Capital in the Louvre

c. 1891-1892

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.2 × 12.7 cm (7 3/16 × 5 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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