Young Woman with a Love Letter

Jean-Baptiste Santerre (French, 1651–1717)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions86.7 x 62.6 cm (34 1/8 x 24 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Delia Spencer Field

Accession number47.245

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ProvenanceMay 8-11, 1912, Madame Balletta sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 65 [see note 1], sold for 6,000 fr. to Charles Hour, Paris; October 3, 1912, sold by Hour to Delia Spencer Field (b. 1854 - d. 1937), Paris and Washington, DC; by inheritance to her niece, Catherine Spencer Eddy (Mrs. Albert J.) Beveridge (b. 1881 - d. 1970), Beverly Farms, MA; 1947, gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 13, 1947)

NOTES:
[1] Sold as a portrait of Charlotte Desmares by Santerre.