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John Singer Sargent: The Temple of Denderah   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
John Singer Sargent  (1856–1925)  wikidata:Q155626 s:en:Author:John Singer Sargent q:en:John Singer Sargent
 
John Singer Sargent
Description American-Italian painter, architectural draftsperson, architect and artist
Date of birth/death 12 January 1856 Edit this at Wikidata 15 April 1925 / 14 April 1925 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Florence Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q155626
, R. A. (American, 1856-1925)
Title
The Temple of Denderah
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
with estate stamp, 'JSS' (on the reverse); inscribed in the artist's hand 'Sketch- Temple of Denderah/to be returned to London' (on a label on the reverse)
Date Painted in 1891.
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 30 ½ x 25 ¼ in. (77.5 x 64.1 cm.)
Object history

Provenance

The artist.
His estate sale; Christie's, London, 24 July 1925, lot 101.
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1850-1946), London, acquired at the above sale.
His estate sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1957, lot 126.
Mr. Twinning.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1960, lot 155.
with Bernard Black Gallery, New York, acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 8 October 1963, lot 57.
Joseph H. Hirschhorn (1899-1981), Greenwich, CT, by 1963.
By whom gifted to the Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1966.
Their sale; Sotheby's; New York, 1 December 1988, lot 189.
Frazzini/Mills Collection, New York.
with Adelson Galleries, New York, by 1994.
with Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas, by 1995.
Joe (1925-2015) and Lee (1930-2007) Jamail, Houston, acquired directly from the above.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 25 April 2016, lot 74.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Source/Photographer https://archive.is/GjLzf

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13:54, 12 May 2018Thumbnail for version as of 13:54, 12 May 2018408 × 493 (32 KB)Slowking4 (talk | contribs){{artwork |artist = {{creator:John Singer Sargent}}, R. A. (American, 1856-1925) |title = The Temple of Denderah |description = with estate stamp, 'JSS' (on the reverse); inscribed in the artist's hand 'Sketch- Temple of Denderah/to be returned to London' (on a label on the reverse) |medium = oil on canvas |dimensions = 30 ½ x 25 ¼ in. (77.5 x 64.1 cm.) |object history = Provenance :The artist. :His estate sale; Christie's, London, 24 July 1925, lot 101. :Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1...