Portrait of a Young Boy (said to be Marc Réné de Heere)

Simon Bernard Le Noir (French, 1729–1789)

1760

Medium/TechniquePastel on paper

Dimensions46.4 x 39 cm (18 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2662

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ClassificationsPastels

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InscriptionsLower right: Le Noir pxit / 1760ProvenanceBy 1935, possibly acquired from Vignar by Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note 1]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

NOTES:
[1] According to a note in the curatorial file from Wickes' personal inventory. Lent by Wickes to "L'Art Français au XVIII ème siècle," Copenhagen, August 25 - October 6, 1935, no. 278.