Sketch of Cellini's "Perseus"

c. 1909/1910

John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.5 × 22.7 cm (14 3/8 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.57


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 16 December 1935 by R. Horace Gallatin, New York; Emily Morris Gallatin; gift to NGA, 1948.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • John Singer Sargent, Seattle Art Museum, 2000-2001, not reproduced in the exhibition catalogue.

Bibliography

1998

  • Little, Carl. The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent. Berkeley, 1998: repro. 14.

Wikidata ID

Q64583987


You may be interested in

Loading Results