Study for "History," for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (painting)

Object Details

Notes

"American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two: Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, no. 357.

Summary

Circular sketch depicting History seated beside a pile of books, a quill pen held in his right hand, his body facing forward, and his gaze directed off the left as he follows a beam of light cast by a search light held aloft in his left hand.

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Date

1916-1921

Control number

IAP 20781928

painter

Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925

Type

Paintings

Medium

Oil on canvas

Owner/Location

Harvard University Fogg Museum 32 Quincy Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: 1994.168

Topic

Allegory--Arts & Sciences--History

Object--Written Matter--Book

Object--Other--Writing Tool

Study

Record ID

siris_ari_415064

Usage

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