Moonlight Sonata
Ralph Albert Blakelock
(American, 1847–1919)
about 1889–92
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions77.15 x 55.88 cm (30 3/8 x 22 in.)
Credit LineThe Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession number45.201
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ProvenanceBetween 1889 and 1892, sold by the artist to Lew Bloom (1859-1929), New York; 1923, sold by Lew Bloom to the Howard Young Gallery, New York; 1923 or later, sold by the Howard Young Gallery to Ralph Cudney, Chicago;1936, with Babcock Galleries, New York; 1942, with Macbeth Gallery, New York; 1945, with Vose Galleries, Boston; 1945, sold by Vose Galleries to the MFA for $4,500. (Accession Date: March 8, 1945)