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Bigerô no shôzô
ビゲロー肖像
Portrait of William Sturgis Bigelow
Bigerô no shôzô
ビゲロー肖像
Attributed to: Kobayashi Eitaku (Japanese, 1843–1890)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870s–1880s
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 56.7 × 41.6 cm (22 5/16 × 16 3/8 in.)
Mount (with jiku): 143 × 59.6 cm (56 5/16 × 23 7/16 in.)
Mount (with jiku): 143 × 59.6 cm (56 5/16 × 23 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9221
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #1; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. V (Meiji, Taishô, Shôwa), no. 34
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.