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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ClassificationsPaintings

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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.