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Study of a Head of a Bull John Singer Sargent -- American painter 1891-1892 Fogg Art Museum Graphite on white wove paper 18.2 cm. x 12.7 cm., actual Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1937.8.5 Jpg: Harvard University Art Museums From his trip to the middle east he would use a version of this in his Boston Public Library Murals

Pagan Gods Moloch
(North End: Vaulting, Left side)
1895

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Bibliography

Martha Kingsbury, "Sargent's Murals in the Boston Public Library", Winterthur Portfolio, 1976, vol. XI, p. 167, fig. 20

Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing (London, England, 1998), p. 185 cat. no 75, repr. in color

Provenance

Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created, To his sisters, Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, at his death 1925.

Sargent, Emily, and Mrs. Francis Ormond (Owner). From their brother, the artist, at his death 1925, Gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum 1937.

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