Head of a Jew
Washington Allston
(American, 1779–1843)
1817
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions76.2 x 63.82 cm (30 x 25 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Henry Copley Greene
Accession number41.291
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsReverse, before relining: Wa. Allston Pinx/London 1817ProvenanceThe artist; J. S. Copley Greene, Boston; to Mary Amory Greene and Margaret Greene, Cambridge, Mass.; to Henry Copley Greene, their nephew, Cambridge, Mass., 1882; to MFA, 1941, gift of Henry Copley Greene.