Unknown French
Portrait of a Mother and Child

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Artist Unknown French

CultureFrench

Titles

Portrait of a Mother and Child

Datec. 1795–1798

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 44 1/2 × 35 1/8 in. (113 × 89.2 cm)
Frame: 57 × 48 1/4 × 5 in. (144.8 × 122.6 × 12.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2015.12

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceVicomte and Vicomtesse de Boissard, Paris, by 1928; by descent to their son, Vicomte de Boissard, La Chauvière, St.-Germain-des-Prés, St. Georges-sur-Loire; by inheritance to his widow, Suzanne, Vicomtesse de Boissard La Chauvière; [sold, Monaco, Sotheby’s, 14 February 1983, lot 683 (as by Vincent for 116,550 francs)]; where purchased by a consortium of dealers including Stair Sainty Matthiesen; [Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York]; purchased by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Howard Isermann Gift, in honor of his wife, Betty Isermann, 1983 (Inv. No. 1983.264); [Sotheby’s New York, Sale N09307 “Master Paintings and Sculpture: Park II” 29 January 2015, Lot 205]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryNorthampton, Smith College Museum of Art, The French Portrait: Revolution to Restoration, 30 September - 11 December 2005, cat. no. 1 (as French School, artist unknown, circa 1795-98).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in ink on verso frame, upside-down: 2132

No visible signature

Printed labels (2) on verso stretcher and frame, one with additional marks in ink:
[barcode] / 7QGDQ / 40194781 / French School, circa 1795, Portrait of a / EOMP / pcs1 / (in ink) 399NO9302 / 17/07/14 / ObUFtp ?

Printe label on verso center stretcher: TRANSPORTS INTERNATIONAUX S. A. / TRANSPORTS F. DURET / Tél.:(93) 62 19 53 - TELEX: 461379 / STAIR SAINTY FINE ART INC / LOT 683 / EMBALLAGE D'OEUVRES D'ART / EMBALLAGE D'OEUVRES D'ART / FINE ART PACKING

Printed label/tag on verso eye-hook: Gander & / White / GANDER & WHITE SHIPPING INC. / NEW YORK • PALM BEACH • MIAMI • / SANFRANCISCO • LONDON • PARIS /// 45-11 33rd Street / Long Island City / New York 11101 / FILE NO h82 394 / CLIENT / NAME Bakke / EX 9307 6+ 205 / ITEM NO#672 7QGDQ

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