Saint Barbara
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions67.3 x 30.2 cm (26 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. W. Ellery Sedgwick in memory of Miss Elizabeth Perkins
Accession number68.787
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceAcquired either by Stephen Higginson Perkins (b. 1804 - d. 1877) or his daughter, Elizabeth Perkins, Boston [see note 1]; by descent within the family to Sarah Cabot (Mrs. William Ellery) Sedgwick (b. 1904 - d. 1994), Boston; 1968, gift of Mrs. W. Ellery Sedgwick to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 1968)
NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from Mrs. Sedgwick to the MFA (July 23, 1973) the painting was purchased either by her great-grandfather Perkins or his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Perkins.
NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from Mrs. Sedgwick to the MFA (July 23, 1973) the painting was purchased either by her great-grandfather Perkins or his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Perkins.
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish, first half 16th century
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish, first half 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian (Florentine), 1st half 16th century
about 1500–50
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 16th century
Unidentified artist, Austrian, 16th century
Unidentified artist, Austrian, 16th century
Unidentified artist, Dutch, first half 16th century
Unidentified artist, British, second quarter 16th century