Cana of Gahlee (from Sketchbook)
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (13.3 x 21 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
Accession Number
50.130.150mm recto
Tags
Art Historical Context
Mary Newbold Sargent's *Cana of Gahlee (from Sketchbook)* created in 1904, offers a intimate glimpse into the artist's travels through the Holy Land. This graphite drawing on paper, measuring just 5¼ x 8¼ inches, captures the tranquil landscape of Cana of Galilee—a biblical site renowned for Jesus's first miracle at the Wedding at Cana. With tags highlighting landscapes and trees, the sketch likely features the region's characteristic foliage and terrain, rendered with the swift, expressive lines typical of on-site studies from an artist's sketchbook. As an American artist whose work resides ...
About the Artist
Mary Newbold Sargent · 1826–1906
Mary Newbold Sargent (née Singer, 1826–1906) was born on April 24, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John Singer, a tanner and merchant, and Mary Smith Newbold. She married Dr. FitzWilliam Sargent, an eye surgeon, on June 27, 1850, in Philadelphia. The death of their first daughter, Mary Newbold Sargent (1851–1853), triggered a profound emotional crisis for Mary, prompting the family to aban...