DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Two Small Sketches of Cellini's "Perseus," Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence

c. 1909-1910

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Two sketchbook pages have been mounted together here and given one accession number. One is 17.2 x 11 cm, one is 17.5 x 11 cm.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper laid down to off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 25.4 x 36.2 cm (10 x 14 1/4 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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