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Sketch for Eros and Psyche - (MFA Rotunda)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1917–21

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil and red ink on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 32.8 x 20.5 cm (12 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.728
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionSee 28.772
InscriptionsGraphite pencil: l.l.: B.18.115; l.r.: 10.1.5 (Fox number); right side: 1-22; bottom edge: A-K
Provenance1925, upon the artist's death, by inheritance to his sisters, Emily Sargent (b. 1857 - d. 1936) and Violet Sargent Ormond (b. 1870 - d. 1955); 1928, gift of Emily Sargent and Violet Ormond to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1928)