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Sketch for Aphrodite and Eros - (MFA Rotunda)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

1917–21

Medium/Technique Red ink and blue pencil on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 38.5 x 21.5 cm (15 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent

Accession Number28.748

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsGraphite pencil: l.l.: B.18.10; l.r.: 10.4.15 (Fox number)

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)