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David

(French, 1593–1670)
about 1623-25
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions122 × 88.5 cm (48 1/16 × 34 13/16 in.)
Credit LineMary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund, Mary L. Cornille and John F. Cogan, William Francis Warden Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund, Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, and Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Jr. Fund for the Art of Europe
Accession number2017.3903
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance2001, private collection, France [see note 1]; April 1, 2001, consigned anonymously by this private collection, Pillet-Lyons le Foret, France, lot 80. 2002, Didier Aaron (dealer), Paris. About 2006, acquired by Luigi Koelliker, London and Milan; 2017, consigned for sale by Koelliker through Robilant and Voena, London; 2017, sold by Robilant and Voena to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2017)

NOTES:
[1] According to the auction house, the painting had been in this private collection for about 100 years, when it was attributed to an unknown artist of the German school.

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