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Ganymede and the Eagle

1921
Oil on canvas
94.6 x107.3 cm (37 1/4 x42 1/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Notes: Special thanks to Lee Sandstead of New York, for being a friend of the JSS Gallery, for taking this picture on his trip and sharing this with us.
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Astronomy

1921
Oil on canvas
94.61 x 107.31 cm (37 1/4 x 42 1/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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General Officers of the Great War

1922
Oil on canvas
299.7 x 528.3 cm (118 in. x 208 in.)

National Portrait Gallery

Washington, D.C.

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1                             William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865-1951), Field Marshal 2                             Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Field Marshal and South Arfican Statesman 3                             Louis Botha...
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Orestes

1922-25
Oil on canvas
347.98 x 317.5 cm (137 x 125 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Here we see Orestes haunted by Furies, the goddesses of vengeance.  From:  World Book Online Americas Edition Orestes, in Greek mythology, was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the rulers of Mycenae, or Argos. Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus, killed Agamemnon after he returned from the Trojan War. Fearing that Orestes was also in...
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Chiron and Achilles

1922-25
Oil on canvas
347.98 x 317.5 cm (137 x 125 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Sargent ended up doing two versions of this composition, although both are of significantly different mediums. The first (Thumbnail below) was part of a base Bas-Relief for the Rotunda and was of raised painted plaster. The second  (featured above) was later created for the Stairway Ceiling Decorations and was oil on canvas.
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The Winds

1922-25
Oil on canvas
327.66 x 767.08 cm (129 x 302 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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The Unveiling of Truth

1922-25
Oil on canvas
200.7 x 231.1 cm (79 x 91 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Notes: Special thanks to Todd Milligan of Oakville, ON, Canada, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for his help with research on this work of art.
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Science

1922-25
Oil on canvas
200.7 x 111.8 cm (79 x 44 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Notes: Special thanks to Todd Milligan of Oakville, ON, Canada, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for his help with research on this work of art.
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Coming of the Americans

1922
Oil on canvas
444.04 x 186.69 cm (176 x 73.5 in)

Widener Memorial Library

Cambridge, MA

notes
Notes Bibliography: Margaret E. Gilman, "The Sargent Panels in the Widener Library", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 215-216 Harvard Crimson, Dec. 4, 1928 John Walker III, "To the Editor of the Crimson", Harvard Crimson, June 7, 1929 "Sargent Murals Well Received at First Appearance", Harvard Crimson, June 8, 1929, p. 1...
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Death and Victory

1922
Oil on canvas
439.42 x 186.69 cm (173 x 73.5 in)

Widener Memorial Library

Cambridge, MA

notes
Notes Bibliography: Margaret E. Gilman, "The Sargent Panels in the Widener Library", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 215-216 Harvard Crimson, Dec. 4, 1928 John Walker III, "To the Editor of the Crimson", Harvard Crimson, June 7, 1929 "Sargent Murals Well Received at First Appearance", Harvard Crimson, June 8, 1929, p....
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