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Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Pearl Necklace

1638
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
DimensionsOverall: 34.4 x 25.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2646
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceOctober 16, 1935, sold by André Seligmann, Paris, to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note 1]; 1965, bequest by Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: January 8, 1969)

Notes:
[1] Sold as a painting by the artist "L'advocat." This was a misreading of a signature on the recto upper left corner of the painting which reads "M. Laduocat" and an inscription on the verso of the painting which reads: "Marg. Roullier/ feme de M. L'Adovc/ fait par du Gryer(?)/ en l'anne 1638."
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