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The Fort of Antibes
1888
Claude Monet, French, 1840–1926
65.4 x 81 cm (25 3/4 x 31 7/8 in.)
Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Lower left: Claude Monet 88Classification: Paintings
Type, sub-type: Landscape - seascape; cityscapeObject is currently out on loan Museum of Fine Arts, BostonAnonymous gift, 1978
Accession number: 1978.634Provenance/Ownership History: Please note: The history of ownership is not definitive or comprehensive, as it is under constant review and revision by MFA curators and researchers.
June 6, 1890, sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, Paris [see note 1]; September 25, 1890, sold by Durand-Ruel to Joseph Foxcroft Cole (b. 1837 - d. 1892) for Peter Chardon Brooks (b. 1831 - d. 1920), Boston; by descent to his daughter, Eleanor Brooks (Mrs. Richard M.) Saltonstall, Boston; 1962, by descent from Mrs. Saltonstall to an anonymous donor; 1978, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 10, 1978)
NOTES:
[1] The provenance given here is taken from Daniel Wildenstein, "Monet: catalogue raisonné" (1996), vol. 3, p. 442, cat. no. 1161a.This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
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