Portrait of a Lady
Joseph-Marie Vien
(French, 1716–1809)
1757
Medium/TechniquePastel on parchment
Dimensions44.1 x 34.6 cm (17 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2667
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Not on viewClassificationsPastels
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Provenance1919, sold by Mr. Turner, Paris, to Cailleux [see note 1]. May 8, 1935, sold by Cailleux 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] According to Marianne Roland Michel of Cailleux (letter Feb 19, 1990) this pastel was aquired by Paul Cailleux in 1919 from a Mr. Turner, of whom she had no further information.
NOTES:
[1] According to Marianne Roland Michel of Cailleux (letter Feb 19, 1990) this pastel was aquired by Paul Cailleux in 1919 from a Mr. Turner, of whom she had no further information.
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