Philippe Mercier
A Young Woman Pulling on Her Stocking

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Artist Philippe Mercier French, 1689–1760, active England

CultureEnglish

Titles

A Young Woman Pulling on Her Stocking

Datec. 1745–1750

PlaceEngland

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1985.9

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

218 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceSir Robert Harvey of Langley Park, Slough, England; [Christie’s, London, December 19, 1975, no. 183]; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1985.
Exhibition History"Old Master Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Beeville Art Museum, Texas, November 9, 2002–February 12, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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