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Mountain Landscape

(1587–1631)
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
DimensionsFramed: 69.9 x 85.1 cm (27 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.)
Unframed: 50.2 x 66.5 cm (19 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of William R. Elfers and Jane Elfers Muther in memory of their parents, William and Ann Elfers
Accession number2013.908
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy the early 20th century, probably in France [see note 1]. 2000, private collection, France; December 14, 2000 anonymous sale (consigned by this French private collector), Sotheby’s, London, lot 102 [see note 2]. July 5, 2002, sold by Johnny van Haeften (dealer), London, to William Elfers, Sr. (b. 1918- d. 2005), Wellesley Hills, MA; 2005, by descent to his children, William R. Elfers and Jane Elfers Muther; 2013, gift of William R. Elfers and Jane Elfers Muther to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)

NOTES:
[1] Traces of old, paper backing with French language writing on it remain on the reverse of the panel, along with a label (probably from a gallery or dealer) comparable to others found on paintings that were in France in the early 20th century.

[2] Attributed in the catalogue to Maerten Ryckaert; whether the painting bore this attribution previously is not known.