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Portrait of a Woman

Attributed to: Vittore Carpaccio (Italian (Venetian), active in 1490, died 1523 to 1526)
about 1500–20

Medium/Technique Tempera on panel
Dimensions 41 x 30.8 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Edward Wheelwright Fund
Accession Number17.1081
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenancePrivate collection, Taranto, Italy. By 1911, Ercole Canessa, Paris and Colnaghi, London (owned jointly; Colnaghi stock no. A105); October 17, 1916, sold by Canessa to F. Kleinberger Galleries, New York (stock no. 15120 A-B) [see note]; 1917, sold by Kleinberger to the MFA for $10,000. (Accession date: March 1, 1917)

NOTE: Kleinberger Galleries Records, Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, stock card 15120A-B. MFA accession nos. 17.1080 and 17.1081 were sold jointly.