Old Man and a Child
Gaspare Traversi
(Italian (Neapolitan), about 1722–1769)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions73.7 x 61.9 cm (29 x 24 3/8 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number52.392
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceLeila Cowper-Cooper, London [see note 1]. By 1951, art market, London; by 1951, purchased by Colnaghi, London [see note 2]; 1952, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA for £320. (Accession date: April 10, 1952)
NOTES:
[1] This information comes from notes on a stretcher bar on the back of the painting. [2] Letter from James Byam Shaw, Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London, to W.G. Constable, MFA (December 21, 1951) in curatorial file.
NOTES:
[1] This information comes from notes on a stretcher bar on the back of the painting. [2] Letter from James Byam Shaw, Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London, to W.G. Constable, MFA (December 21, 1951) in curatorial file.
Unidentified artist, Belgian, fourth quarter 18th century
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
William Walker