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Inspiration of an Artist

(Westphalian (active in Britain), about 1600–1680)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions111.5 x 142.5 cm (43 7/8 x 56 1/8 in.)
Credit LineErnest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession number49.1707
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceSold at Christie's, London, February 27, 1948, and bought by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd.; 1949, sold by Agnew to the MFA for $1543. (Accession Date: November 14, 1949)
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Restricted
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