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Portrait of a Woman

(French, 1699–1767)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions71.8 x 58.4 cm (28 1/4 x 23 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Honorable George Holden Tinkham
Accession number43.9
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceUntil 1909, by descent within the family of the sitter, France (original commission); 1909, from the family of the sitter to Wildenstein and Co., Paris. Private collection, Paris; from private collection to Wildenstein; 1936, sold by Wildenstein to George Holden Tinkham, Washington, DC [see note 1]; 1943, gift of Tinkham to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1943)

NOTES:
[1] according to letter of December 30, 1936 from Wildenstein, Paris, to Timkham in curatorial file. Mr. Tinkham was a member of Congress.
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