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Still Life with Violin

(American (born in Ireland), 1848–1892)
1885
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions54.93 x 45.08 cm (21 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously and the Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund
Accession number2000.2
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsWMHARNETT [initials in monogram] /Paris. 1885
Provenancethe artist; private collection; with Sotheby's, New York, 1979; to private collection; to MFA, 2000, purchase. Previous owner: Estate of Lois F. McNeil.
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