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Old Man and a Child
Gaspare Traversi (Italian (Neapolitan), about 1722–1769)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
73.7 x 61.9 cm (29 x 24 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number52.392
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceLeila Cowper-Cooper, London [see note 1]. By 1951, art market, London; by 1951, purchased by Colnaghi, London [see note 2]; 1952, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA for £320. (Accession date: April 10, 1952)
NOTES:
[1] This information comes from notes on a stretcher bar on the back of the painting. [2] Letter from James Byam Shaw, Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London, to W.G. Constable, MFA (December 21, 1951) in curatorial file.
NOTES:
[1] This information comes from notes on a stretcher bar on the back of the painting. [2] Letter from James Byam Shaw, Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London, to W.G. Constable, MFA (December 21, 1951) in curatorial file.