John Singer Sargent's Sketch for Ganymede

John Singer Sargent's Sketch for Ganymede
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Sketch for Ganymede

John Singer Sargent -- American painter
1917–21
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Charcoal and graphite pencil on paper
48 x 63 cm (18 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
Gift of the artist for the benefit of the Museum School 21.2480

Jpg: MFA

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Studies for Ganymede and the Eagle

Index

The finished version below

Ganymede and the Eagle
Rotunda mural
1921

Rotunda Dome Decorations
Looking straight up

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Notes:
Special thanks to Lee Sandstead of New York, for being a friend of the JSS Gallery, for taking this picture on his trip and sharing this with us.

Provenance
The artist, gift to MFA November 3, 1921

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