DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Sketch after Michelangelo's "Pietà," Florence

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Drawing has an oil stain in right center edge of sheet.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17 x 12.6 cm (6 11/16 x 4 15/16 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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