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Shepherd and Sheep on a Woodland Road
Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838–1888)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.6 x 80.6 cm (23 7/8 x 31 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William C. Cotton Collection
Accession Number33.323
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left: A Mauve f
Provenance1891, James Staats Forbes (b. 1823 - d. 1904), London; December 11, 1891, sold in The Hague from the Forbes collection to Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris (stock no. 21870); September 1, 1892, sold by Boussod, Valadon et Cie. to M. Knoedler and Co., Paris and New York (stock no. 7147); November 3, 1892, sold by Knoedler to William C. Cotton, Brookline, MA [see note 2]; to his sister, Elizabeth A. Cotton, Brookline; 1933, gift of Elizabeth A. Cotton to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 2, 1933)
NOTES:
[1] Getty Provenance Index, Goupil et Cie. records, PI Record G-32138 (stock book 13, no. 21870, p. 66). [2] Getty Provenance Index, M. Knoedler and Co. records, PI Record no. K-7575 (stock book 4, no. 7147, p. 163).
NOTES:
[1] Getty Provenance Index, Goupil et Cie. records, PI Record G-32138 (stock book 13, no. 21870, p. 66). [2] Getty Provenance Index, M. Knoedler and Co. records, PI Record no. K-7575 (stock book 4, no. 7147, p. 163).