Coronation of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
18th century
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions106.7 x 68.6 cm. (42 x 27 in.)
Credit LineGift of William Andre
Accession number2018.363
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ProvenanceAbout 1935, purchased at an estate sale by Jules E. Andre (b. about 1902 – d. 1976), Montclair, NJ; 1959, gift of Jules Andre to his son, William J. Andre, Weston, CT, Wellfleet, MA, and Santa Fe, NM; 2018, gift of William Andre to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2018)
NOTE: According to the donor, his father found the painting rolled up inside of a rug, which he purchased around 1935 in Montclair, at the estate sale of a Presbyterian missionary who had spent many years in Peru. He did not know the name of the missionary, who had died either just before or just after returning to the United States.
NOTE: According to the donor, his father found the painting rolled up inside of a rug, which he purchased around 1935 in Montclair, at the estate sale of a Presbyterian missionary who had spent many years in Peru. He did not know the name of the missionary, who had died either just before or just after returning to the United States.
Unknown American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, early 19th century
early 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
about 1870
