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Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller

c. 1917–20

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The story

Thomas McKeller, a Boston elevator operator, posed for Sargent's MFA murals, where the artist turned him into white gods like Apollo. Sargent never exhibited this nude of him. It vanished for decades until a curator found it in storage at the Boston Athenaeum and bought it for the MFA in 1986.

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Object details

Title: Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller
Artist: John Singer Sargent
Date: c. 1917–20
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1986.60)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0695
Original image: 1991 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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John Singer Sargent. Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller. c. 1917–20. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1986.60). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0695/