Studies for "Heaven" and "Hell"

John Singer Sargent, 1903-1916

The image is a charcoal drawing of three male figures, depicted from a top-down perspective, with their upper bodies shown. The men appear to be reclining and intersecting in a circular arrangement, with their arms… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: John Singer Sargent ¹
Date: 1903-1916 ¹
Medium: charcoal on laid paper ¹
Original: 4,000 × 3,058 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist, 1949)

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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A work made of pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory card.

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