Object Information
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John Singer Sargent, American
(1856 - 1925)
Gardens at Florence, 1910
Watercolor over graphite on off-white paper
36.5 cm x 53.5 cm, actual
Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886, 1942.55
Signature: brown ink,: l.l.: John S. Sargent-- Florence
Marks:
inscription: verso of backing board, graphite, brown ink,: l.l.: John S. Sargent-- Florence: 889
inscription: verso of backing board, graphite, brown ink,: l.l.: John S. Sargent-- Florence: Garden in Florence
inscription: l.l. of verso, graphite, brown ink,: l.l.: John S. Sargent-- Florence: #5296
stamp: verso of backing board, blue ink, stamped, brown ink,: l.l.: John S. Sargent-- Florence: ROBERSON & CO / [ ]ONG ACRE / AND / [PI]CCIDILLY / LONDON / [ ] COLOURMEN
Notes:
David McKibbin visited the Fogg in November of 1965 and suggested the site was the Boboli Gardens. 6/99: Richard Ormond suggested this was painted at Torre Galli.
Provenance:
Scott and Fowles (Dealer)., sold to Grenville L. Winthrop Aug 15 1922.
Winthrop, Grenville L. (Owner). Purchased from Scott and Fowles Aug 15 1922, Gift to Fogg Art Museum 1942.
Bibliography:
John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated
Carl Little, The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent (Berkeley, CA, 1998), repr. pp. 100-101 (color)
Keywords: Italy / Landscapes