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Inspiration of an Artist
Inspiration of an Artist

Inspiration of an Artist

Gerard Soest (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)
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman
Gerard ter Borch
about 1670
The Card Players
The Card Players
Gerard ter Borch
about 1659
Formation III (Green Landscape)
Formation III (Green Landscape)
Arthur Garfield Dove
about 1942
Infant
Halt at the Spring
François Boucher
1765
Woman and child
Return from Market
François Boucher
1767
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Summer
Gustave Doré
about 1860–70
Conservation Status: Before Treatment
Landscape with Gentlefolk and Gypsies
Jan Wildens
late 1630s
Landscape with a Mill
Landscape with a Mill
Eugène Deshayes
1860
Don Juan and Constance
Don Juan and Constance
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer
Restricted
Two Women in a Kitchen
Unidentified artist, Belgian, fourth quarter 18th century
Portrait of an Artist
Portrait of an Artist
Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud
after 1711
Vision of Ezekiel
Vision of Ezekiel
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)