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Sketch for Aphrodite and Eros - (MFA Rotunda)

Sketch for Aphrodite and Eros - (MFA Rotunda)

(American, 1856–1925)
1917–21
Medium/TechniqueRed ink and blue pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 38.5 x 21.5 cm (15 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession number28.748
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsGraphite pencil: l.l.: B.18.10; l.r.: 10.4.15 (Fox number)
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)