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Portrait of an Old Woman
Salomon Koninck (Dutch, 1609–1656)
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
92.3 x 70.3 cm (36 5/16 x 27 11/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 92.3 x 70.3 cm (346 3/8 x 27 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Isaac Sweetser Fund
Accession Number04.266
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsCenter left: S Konin[ck]
Provenance1904, purchased in Paris by Walter Gay for the MFA for $14,685 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 21, 1904)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 04.265 and 04.266 were acquired together for this amount (04.265 has been deaccessioned). Gay had bought the two paintings by April 3, 1904, when he wrote to MFA director Edward Robinson that "there was some unavoidable delay--Vollon was very ill, and I couldn't disturb him...but the pictures are finally shipped." Whether Gay was referring either to the painter Antoine Vollon (b. 1833 - d. 1900), at that time already deceased, or to his son Alexis (b. 1865 - d. 1945) is not known; nor is it certain that the Vollon he refers to was the owner of the paintings.
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 04.265 and 04.266 were acquired together for this amount (04.265 has been deaccessioned). Gay had bought the two paintings by April 3, 1904, when he wrote to MFA director Edward Robinson that "there was some unavoidable delay--Vollon was very ill, and I couldn't disturb him...but the pictures are finally shipped." Whether Gay was referring either to the painter Antoine Vollon (b. 1833 - d. 1900), at that time already deceased, or to his son Alexis (b. 1865 - d. 1945) is not known; nor is it certain that the Vollon he refers to was the owner of the paintings.