Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sketches of Moving and Flying Figures and Heads, Perhaps Related to the "Triumph of Maria de' Medici"; verso: sketches of jousting figures on horseback and figures struggling with a pole
Object Number:
1935.85.3.152
Date:
1878-78
Medium:
Brown ink and red chalk on translucent paper; verso: brown ink, formerly mounted on a page of the James Carroll Beckwith Album 2
Dimensions:
sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed by Beckwith at lower left in graphite: "Sketches by Sargent"
Description:
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith. Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Sketches by John Sargent --" Formerly tipped into album.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Provenance:
James Carroll Beckwith; The National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.






