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Fonteghetto della Farina, Venice

(Italian (Venetian), 1697–1768)
about 1735
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions37.1 x 51.1 cm (14 5/8 x 20 1/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number55.1106
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceMay 18, 1928, sold from the Dukes of Anhalt-Dessau collection to Kunsthandel AG (previously known as Böhler and Steinmeyer), Lucerne (stock no. L_06862); July 2, 1928, sold by Kunsthandel AG to Charles Bain Hoyt (b. 1889 - d. 1949), New York and Lucerne [see note 1]; passed from Hoyt to an anonymous donor; 1953, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1955)

NOTES:
[1] Information taken from the Julius Böhler Archive online (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte), Karteikarte no. L_06862. Beginning in May, half-ownership was transferred to J and S. Goldschmidt and full ownership was acquired back on June 25 (Karteikarte no. K_070-28).
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