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Woman Holding Two Tablets (the Cumaean Sibyl?)
Bonifazio de' Pitati (Italian (Venetian), 1487–1553)
1530s
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.2 x 78.1 cm (35 7/8 x 30 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Major Henry Lee Higginson in memory of Edward H. Hooper
Accession Number01.6215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceMay 2, 1901, sold by Haskard's Bank, Florence, and Charles Fairfax Murray (b. 1849 - d. 1919), London, to Thomas Agnew and Sons, London (stock no. 9867) [see note]; July 1901, sold by Agnew to Henry Lee Higginson (b. 1834 - d. 1919), Boston; 1901, gift of Henry Lee Higginson to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1, 1901)
NOTE: Haskard's formed a joint partnership with Agnew and Murray around 1900. See David B. Elliott, Charles Fairfax Murray: The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite (Lewes, 2000), 188.
NOTE: Haskard's formed a joint partnership with Agnew and Murray around 1900. See David B. Elliott, Charles Fairfax Murray: The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite (Lewes, 2000), 188.