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The Mysterious Urn
The Mysterious Urn

The Mysterious Urn

Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
about 1800
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 13.9 × 10 cm (5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Richard Balzer Collection—Gift of Patricia Bellinger Balzer
Accession number2019.892
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBetween about 1970 and 2017, acquired by Richard Balzer (b. 1944 - d. 2017), Brookline, MA; by inheritance to Patricia Bellinger; 2019, gift of Patricia Bellinger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
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