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The Hermit
The Hermit

The Hermit

Gari Melchers (American, 1860–1932)
about 1900
Medium/TechniqueOil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions56.51 x 44.45 cm (22 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession number48.579
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsUpper right: G. Melchers.ProvenanceThe artist;with Frank K. M. Rehn, New York; to John T. Spaulding, Boston, 1921; to MFA, 1948, gift of John T. Spaulding.
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