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Prophets: Amos, Nahum, Ezekiel, Daniel, Elijah (North Wall, left side of Moses)

by John Singer Sargent

1895
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Moses (North Wall)

by John Singer Sargent

1895
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singernotes
Moses is presented a lot differently given his importance and is more traditional --  which means in a more Iconic –  more pre-Renaissance -- pre-Perspective sort of way. But he is the only Prophet that is a relief -- and that makes him, of course,  stand out. This dynamic of two-dimensional V. three-dimensional iconology really POPS...
Prophets: Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonah, Isaiah, Habakkuk (North Wall, right side of Moses)

by John Singer Sargent

1895
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Prophets: Micah, Haggai, Malacchi, Zecharia (North End, East Wall)

by John Singer Sargent

1890-95
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
The Doctrine of the Trinity, Frieze of Angels, with the Crucifixion (South End, lunette)

by John Singer Sargent

1903
Murals

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Frieze of Angels

by John Singer Sargent

1903
Oil on canvas with plaster and papier-mache reliefs
213.4 x 674.4 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singernotes
The Frieze of Angels with eight in number represent Regeneration and the Resurrection as Christ rose on the eighth day.   Below Christ's feet and between the two angles is a pelican feeding its young from the blood of its breast which is also an ancient symbol of the Resurrection (Charteris P.166). The Doctrine of the Trinity,...
Mysteries of the Rosary (Detail South End: Vaulting )

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Handmaid of the Lord (South End, East Wall)

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Madonna of Sorrows (South End, West Wall)

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Heaven (West Wall, South lunette)

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Oil on canvas with Lincrusta-Walton reliefs
254.3 x 506.7 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
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