John Singer Sargent's Chiron and Achilles
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Chiron and Achilles
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 
1922–25
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Colonnade
Stairway Side Aisle mural
Near front entrance
Oil on canvas
347.98 x 317.5 cm (137 x 125 in.)
Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Picture Fund 25.644
Jpg: MFA
 
(See interactive zoom at the MFA) 


Sargent ended up doing two versions of this composition, although both are of significantly different mediums. The first (Thumbnail below) was part of a base Bas-Relief for the Rotunda and was of raised painted plaster. The second  (featured above) was later created for the Stairway Ceiling Decorations and was oil on canvas.


Achilles and Chiron
(Black and white image)
c. 1919-1920

 
Stairway Ceiling Decorations 
Looking straight up


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

Notes:

Provenance:
The artist; commissioned by the MFA in 1921 and installed on ceiling side aisle, Huntington Avenue stairway, 1925.

  • See the year in review 1925
 		   
Studies

Sketch for Chiron and Achilles
1922–24
 
Male Nude Study (Achilles)  
1920-22   
 
Study for "The Archers"  
(Boston decoration)  
Date?

Sketch for Achilles and Chiron - Achilles (MFA Rotunda)
1917–21

Sketch for Achilles and Chiron - Achilles - (MFA Rotunda)
1917–21

Sketch for Achilles and Chiron - Achilles - (MFA Rotunda)
1917–21

Sketch for Chiron and Achilles - Hands and Small Sketch
(MFA Stairway)
1921–25

Sketch for Chiron and Achilles
1921–25

Sketch for Achilles and Chiron - Outline - (MFA Rotunda)
1917–21

Sketch for Achilles and Chiron - Outline - (MFA Rotunda)
1917–21

Sketch for Achilles and Chiron - Outline - (MFA Rotunda)
1917–21

Sketch for Achilles and Chiron -
Study in Outline 
1921–25


 
 

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