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Joseph-Marie Vien with Palette

(French, 1725–1802)
Medium/TechniqueOil grisaille on paper mounted on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 31.4 x 23.8cm (12 3/8 x 9 3/8in.)
Framed: 38.7 x 32.1 x 2.9 cm (15 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2643
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b. 1876- d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)
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