Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2008–June 2009
Dr. Franz Xavier von Soist
1850
Franz Ittenbach
Unframed: 35 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (90.2 x 64.1 cm)
Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Accession number: 2009.2527
Location: Polly B. and Richard D. Hill Gallery (Europe, 1800–1900)
Provenance/Ownership History: June 28, 2003, anonymous sale, Kastern, Hannover (Germany), lot 23, unsold. September, 2006, acquired at auction by an anonymous dealer, Europe; June 14, 2007, anonymous sale, Bonham's, London, lot 74, to Matthiesen Gallery, London, and Jack Kilgore and Co., Inc., New York; 2009, sold by Kilgore to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)
Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund