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Sketch for the Three Graces - Two Studies - (MFA Rotunda)

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

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 23 x 14 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.) Sheet: 22.5 x 14 cm (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.766
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsL.l. in graphite: B.18.127.B; l.r.: 10.3.2 (Fox number); l.c.: "Siena, Bergamo, Trento" remainder illegible.
L.l. in graphite: B.18.127; l.r.: 10.3.3 (Fox number); l.c.: "arm wrong" remainder 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)