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Portrait of a Woman
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
69.9 x 57.2 cm (27 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Susan Greene Dexter in memory of Charles and Martha Babcock Amory
Accession Number25.102
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceLansdowne collection [see note 1]. About 1870, purchased in Boston by Charles Amory (b. 1808 - d. 1898) and Martha Babcock Greene Amory (b. 1813 - d. 1881), Boston [see note 2]; by inheritance to their daughter, Susan Greene Amory (Mrs. Franklin) Dexter (b. 1840 - d. 1924), Boston; 1925, bequest of Susan Greene Dexter to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 24, 1925)
NOTES: [1] A label on the back of the painting identifies the work as "Miss Fanny Dwight" by Copley, coming from the Lansdowne collection. [2] Martha Greene Amory was John Singleton Copley's granddaughter.
NOTES: [1] A label on the back of the painting identifies the work as "Miss Fanny Dwight" by Copley, coming from the Lansdowne collection. [2] Martha Greene Amory was John Singleton Copley's granddaughter.