Sourcing the Madonna of Sorrows: Painting, Sculpture and Sargent’s Spanish Photographs.” New Interpretations of Sargent’s Murals at Boston Public Library. Conference series

Sourcing the Madonna of Sorrows: Painting, Sculpture and Sargent’s Spanish Photographs.” New Interpretations of Sargent’s Murals at Boston Public Library. Conference series

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Chloe Sharpe introduced by Richard Ormond Sargent’s Madonna of Sorrows, installed in 1916, was the culmination of over twenty years of research into Spanish religious iconography for the Boston Library murals. The painter’s fascination with the spiritual power and rich materiality of Spanish art led him to amass a significant collection of photographs of sculptures, which has only recently been rediscovered in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The lecture explores the significance of these and other sources for interpreting the murals’ meanings.

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18-5-2022

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Boston Public Library

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Boston

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