Saint Peter with the Keys, Cartoon for Mural, Trinity Church, Boston

Artists

Dimensions

74 x 35.2 cm (29 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

Provenance

John La Farge, New York and Newport, by descent; to his estate, 1910, [1]sold; through [American Art Association, New York, March 29-31, 1911, lot 787]; to Joseph B. Thomas, New York, to; his friend, Beatrice Ashley Chanler (Mrs. William Astor Chanler), by 1946, by descent; to her son, Sidney Ashley Chanler, New York, 1946 until 1986. Sean McNally, Ridewood, New Jersey, sold; to Mary K. and John F. McGuigan, Jr., 1992, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025 Notes The drawing is listed for sale twice times prior to La Farge's death but was bought in on both occasions: Otrigies & Co., New York, April 17, 1884, lot 77 and Moore's Art Gallery, New York, March 26-27, 1885, lot 73.