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Meditation
Meditation

Meditation

Alfred Stevens (Belgian (worked in France), 1823–1906)
about 1872
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions40.7 x 32.4 cm (16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball
Accession number23.528
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceClara Bertram Kimball (b. 1838 - d. 1920), Boston; by inheritance to her husband, David P. Kimball (b. 1833 - d. 1923), Boston; 1923, bequest of David P. Kimball to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] In 1923 David P. Kimball bequeathed forty paintings to the MFA in memory of his wife, Clara Bertram Kimball. He noted in his will that these were "from the collection made by her and bequeathed to me."
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