Feeding the Silkworms
about 1790
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on laid paper
DimensionsFramed: 27 x 58 cm (10 5/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Meryl and Dennis Beckingham
Accession number2015.3144.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWatercolors
Collections
Provenance2002, consigned by a private collector, Sweden, to Johan Nordern and Louise Leyhsen, Stockholm [see note]; December, 2002, sold by Johan Nordern and Louise Leyhsen to Jeremy, Ltd., London (dealer); May 17, 2004, sold by Jeremy, Ltd. to Meryl and Dennis Beckingham, Boston; 2015, gift of the Beckinghams to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 2015)
NOTE: It is believed that this group of paintings (MFA accession nos. 2015.3143.1 – .11; 2015.3144.1 – .2) had been in this Swedish private collection for many years, possibly in Sweden since around the time they were created.
NOTE: It is believed that this group of paintings (MFA accession nos. 2015.3143.1 – .11; 2015.3144.1 – .2) had been in this Swedish private collection for many years, possibly in Sweden since around the time they were created.