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Baron Alexander von Humboldt

Baron Alexander von Humboldt

(American, 1827–1895)
1852
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions70.8 x 60.64 cm (27 7/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Moses Wight
Accession number96.47
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right: M. Wight Pt./Berlin/1852; Reverse: Portrait of Baron Alex. Von Humboldt/painted in his 82nd year/M. Wight/Berlin Feb. 1852
ProvenanceThe artist; to MFA, 1896, bequest of Moses Wight.
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