Servant Girl Plucking a Chicken
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
(French, 1735–1784)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions88.9 x 71.1 cm (35 x 28 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2650
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ProvenanceWildenstein & Co., New York, NY [see note 1]; November 13, 1945, sold by Wildenstein & Co., New York, to 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] Formerly thought to be included in Comte de Houdetot sale, December 19-20, 1859, Hôtel des ventes, Paris, as lot 82. Based on the vague catalogue entry and lack of image, it cannot be verified that this is the same painting.
Notes
[1] Formerly thought to be included in Comte de Houdetot sale, December 19-20, 1859, Hôtel des ventes, Paris, as lot 82. Based on the vague catalogue entry and lack of image, it cannot be verified that this is the same painting.
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
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