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Sketch for Rotunda of Museum of Fine Arts - Architectural sketch for rotunda and stairway


Sketch for rotunda and stairway of Museum of Fine Arts
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1917–21

Medium/Technique Charcoal and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 47.5 x 62 cm (18 11/16 x 24 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 Number28.636
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsRecto in graphite pencil:l.r.: 14.2 (Fox number); 28.636
Verso in graphite pencil: u.r.: S.5.21; u.l.: 14.2
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)