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The Use of Tears

The Use of Tears

(English, 1802–1828)
about 1826–27
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions40.3 x 32.4 cm (15 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Josiah Bradlee
Accession number03.740
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceJules van Praet (b. 1806 - d. 1887), Brussels [see note 1]; 1892, sold by the van Praet heirs to Henri Garnier, Paris [see note 2]; January 11, 1893, sold by Henri Garnier to Boussod, Valadon, et Cie., Paris (stock no. 22720); October 15, 1894, sold by Boussod, Valadon et Cie. to Josiah Bradlee (b. 1837 - d. 1902), Marblehead, MA and Boston [see note 3]; 1903, bequest of Josiah Bradlee to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 16, 1903)

NOTES:
[1] M. Haulleville, "Jules van Praet," La Revue Générale, vol. 47 (1888): 340, called "La Convalescente."

[2] "L'achat de la collection Van Praet, par M. Henri Garnier, et la collection de M. Chauchard," Les Nouvelles de l'Intermediaire, no. 3 (January 30, 1893), pp. 18-20.

[3] At the time of its sale to Bradlee, the painting was called "La visite". October 15, 1894 is the date on the Boussod invoice; according to the stock book, the sale was made on April 12, 1894. See the Getty Provenance Index, Goupil et Cie. Records, stock book 14, no. 22720, p. 33.