Boy and Girl Blowing Soap Bubbles

Matthijs Naiveu (Dutch, 1647–1726)

About 1715

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions49.6 x 41.6 cm (19 1/2 x 16 3/8 in.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution

Accession number89.506

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ClassificationsPaintings

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Europe

ProvenanceJune 27, 1752, anonymous sale, Grim, Amsterdam, lot 21. 1880, Paul Pavlovich Demidoff, 2nd Prince of San Donato (b. 1839 - d. 1885), Florence; March 15 - April 10, 1880, Demidoff sale, San Donato Palace, lot 1048 [see note 1], to Stanton Blake (b. 1837 - d. 1889), Boston; 1889, purchased under the will of Stanton Blake by the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1889)

NOTES:
[1] Attributed in the auction catalogue to Gaspard Netscher.