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Sketch for the Joyful Mysteries, The Annunciation - The Angel Gabriel - Boston Public Library Murals

(American, 1856–1925)
1903–16
Medium/TechniqueCharcoal and white chalk on pink paper
DimensionsSheet: 61.5 x 47 cm (24 3/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession number28.571
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
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)