Street Scene (Rue à Levallois)
Jean-François Raffaëlli
(French, 1850–1924)
about 1890
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions56.2 x 73.6 cm (22 1/8 x 29 in.)
Credit LineBequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball
Accession number23.533
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ProvenanceWith Goupil and Co., New York [see note 1]. October 6, 1891, acquired by M. Knoedler and Co., New York (stock no. 6910); December 30, 1891, sold by Knoedler to J. Eastman Chase Gallery, Boston [see note 2]. By 1899, Clara 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 3]. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)
NOTES:
[1] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file, there is a label on the back of the panel from Goupil, 22nd Street and Fifth Avenue, New York. [2] Getty Provenance Index, M. Knoedler and Co. records, PI Record No. K-4697 (stock book 4, no. 6910, p. 154). The Knoedler stock no. 6910 is inscribed on the back of the panel. [3] 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."
NOTES:
[1] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file, there is a label on the back of the panel from Goupil, 22nd Street and Fifth Avenue, New York. [2] Getty Provenance Index, M. Knoedler and Co. records, PI Record No. K-4697 (stock book 4, no. 6910, p. 154). The Knoedler stock no. 6910 is inscribed on the back of the panel. [3] 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."
Jean-François Raffaëlli
