Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2010
Wallpaper panel ("Le Souper de Pierrot")
about 1855
Designed by Thomas Couture
Manufactured by Jules Defossé, French (Paris)
Overall: 198.1 x 246.4 cm (78 x 97 in.)
Block-printed paper, mounted on canvas and stretched on wooden frame
Classification: Architectural elements
Culture: French
Accession number: 2009.3992
Provenance/Ownership History: 2007, sold from a private collection, France to Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz, Paris; 2009, sold by Thibaut-Pomerantz to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)
Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund