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Portrait of a Woman

(French, 1520–1603)
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions36.8 x 27.3 cm (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2642
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenancePossibly Château de Montbrison [1]. Forsyth Wickes (b.1876- d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

Notes
[1] According to a handwritten note on the reverse of a photograph of the painting in the curatorial file, this painting came from the collection of the Château de Montbrison and was bought a few years before being sold at auction.
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