Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011485About the Artwork
This watercolor is a study for the figure of Christ in a stained glass window La Farge designed for the west wall of the north transept of Trinity Church in Boston.
Inscriptions
lower left, in graphite: 7 1/2 x 14 3/4 [sideways]; verso, secondary support, center, in graphite: 9999 [underlined]
Provenance
?-1946: Fanny Thrall Tewksbury King [1867-1949], Cleveland, OH November 25, 1946: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Contemporary Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 24-February 12, 1950). American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)
- Date
- c. 1902
- Medium
- watercolor and gouache; partial framing lines in graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 44.9 x 31.4 cm (17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 45.6 x 31.4 cm (17 15/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
- Accession no.
- 1946.288
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