Crucifixion (relief)  c 1899 When Sargent was doing this study, he may have had it in his mind -- the general idea for a Christ figure for the Crucifixion, and here he was mulling over ideas on how to tackle the image. Notice the slight rightward tilt of the head (left to us) which he would use in the finale version of his...

From his trip to the middle east he would use a version of this in his Boston Public Library Murals Pagan Gods Moloch   (North End: Vaulting, Left side)    1895     Notes: Bibliography Martha Kingsbury, "Sargent's Murals in the Boston Public Library", Winterthur Portfolio, 1976, vol. XI, p. 167, fig....

This painting is one of two studies that the Nelson-Atkins Museum both of which directly relate to his much larger painting Spanish Dance. This painting (Study for Spanish Dance) is done with  liberal brush strokes, and the sky seems to churn in a brewing storm above echoing the passion of the dance. No effort is made to represent the...