John Singer Sargent's Study for Frieze of the Prophets: Joshua et al
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Study for Frieze of the Prophets: Joshua et al
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 
1894 - 1895
Fogg Art Museum
Oil on canvas
120.1 cm. x 186.9 cm, actual
Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1937.209
Jpg: Harvard University Art Museums
 
 
Prophets: Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonah, Isaiah, Habakkuk 
(North Wall, right side of Moses) 
1895
 

 
Boston Public Library 

 
 
Notes:   

Provenance   
    
Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created 1890-1895, To his sisters, Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, at his death 1925.

Sargent, Emily, and Mrs. Francis Ormond (Owner). From their brother, the artist, at his death 1925, Gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum 1937. 

Exhibitions

Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R.A., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/14/1926 - 03/13/1926

Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/05/1999

Bibliography 
Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R. A., exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts (London, England, 1926), no. 617

Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing (London, England, 1998), p. 189, under no. 79

Trevor Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: the Sensualist (Seattle WA/New Haven CT, 2000), repr. p. 31, fig. 1.15 and p. 157, fig. 6.2 (detail)

Ken Gewertz, "Sargent: Portrait of the Artist in his Workshop", Harvard University Gazette, June 10, 1999, p. 31, repr. p. 31

Christine Temin, "Sargent's Expansive 'Studio' at the Fogg", The Boston Globe, June 22, 1999, reproduced in b/w, p. E3
 

 
 

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