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Sketch for Achilles and Chiron - Outline - (MFA Rotunda)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1917–21

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 29.7 x 21 cm (11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.738
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionUnmatted
InscriptionsGraphite pencil: l.r.: 10.8.8 (?) (Fox number); bottom center: "shrink at (illegible); dolphin (illegible) "
Provenance1925, upon the artist's death, by inheritance to his sisters, Emily Sargent (b. 1857 - d. 1936) and Violet Sargent Ormond (b. 1870 - d. 1955); 1928, gift of Emily Sargent and Violet Ormond to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1928)