Portrait of a Bearded Man
Corneille de Lyon
(French, active by 1533,
died in 1575)
died in 1575)
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions17.1 x 13.4 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number28.821
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1891, Monbrison; May 8, 1891, Monbrison sale, Chevallier, Paris, lot 18, to Gallay and/or his son, Paris [see note 1]; by 1928, son of Gallay; 1928, sold by son of Gallay to Félix Landry, Paris; 1928, sold by Félix Landry to the MFA for $781,250 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: November 1, 1928)
NOTES:
[1] The painting may have been bought by Gallay and then inherited by his son. It is also possible that the painting was owned jointly by father and son, or that the son was the original purchaser of the painting. [2] Sold as the work of an unidentified, Franco-Flemish artist.
NOTES:
[1] The painting may have been bought by Gallay and then inherited by his son. It is also possible that the painting was owned jointly by father and son, or that the son was the original purchaser of the painting. [2] Sold as the work of an unidentified, Franco-Flemish artist.
Corneille de Lyon
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