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Sketch for the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Crowning with Thorns - Hands - Boston Public Library Murals

Sketch for the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Crowning with Thorns - Hands - Boston Public Library Murals

(American, 1856–1925)
1903–16
Medium/TechniqueCharcoal and graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 47.8 x 63 cm (18 13/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession number28.599
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsRecto in graphite pencil: l.r.: 6.3.1 A9 (Fox number); l.c.: "Domenic Mancini, 1 Vine Cottage, Queen St., Honn(?) Verso in graphite pencil: u.r.: S.6.116; l.l.: 6.3.1
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)