Unknown Italian
Portrait of a Woman

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Artist Unknown Italian

CultureItalian

Titles

Portrait of a Woman

Datec. 1575–1580

PlaceFlorence, Italy

MediumOil on wood

Dimensions26 × 21 1/16 in. (66 × 53 cm.)
frame: 36 5/8 × 31 × 2 1/4 in. (93 × 78.7 × 5.7 cm.)

Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection

Object number61.59

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

205 Vinson & Elkins Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Dr. Benedict and Co. Berlin, with van Dieman and Co. Berlin and New York, 1930];
[Contini Bonacossi, Florence]; Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1931; donated to MFAH on December 9, 1961.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

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