Israel and the Law (Study for Boston Public Library Mural)
Artist
John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
Datecirca 1908
MediumOil with graphite on canvas
Dimensionsheight and width: 37 3/4 × 59 1/4 in. (95.9 × 150.5 cm)
height, width, and depth: 47 1/4 × 75 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (120 × 191.1 × 18.4 cm)
height, width, and depth: 47 1/4 × 75 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (120 × 191.1 × 18.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Jane Cole Worsley
Object number2010.10
On View
On viewProvenance**Created London, ca. 1908; collection of the artist; [estate sale, Christie’s, London, July 27, 1926, no. 168] [1]; Grace Nichols (1874–1944), Boston (married Dr. Richard Pearson Strong, 1936); to sister, Mrs. Edwin Farnham Green (née Charlotte Peabody Nichols) (1879–1955), 1944 (?); to son, John Gardner Greene, by 1955; given to Joseph Coletti (1898–1973), Boston [2]; by descent; [William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport, RI, by 1990 (unsold, returned to owner)]; [Vose Galleries, Boston, by 2004]; Stephen C. Worsley, Nashua, NH, later Tarboro, NC, 2007; given to NCMA, 2010.
[1] As Israel Learning the Law.
[2] Sargent’s assistant on the Boston Public Library Mural.
[1] As Israel Learning the Law.
[2] Sargent’s assistant on the Boston Public Library Mural.
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