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Women on the Terrace of a Classical Building
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (French, 1824–1886)
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
40.4 x 60.6 cm (15 7/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession Number39.657
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower right: Monticelli
ProvenanceBefore 1938, Grace M. Edwards (d. 1938), Boston; 1939, bequest of Grace M. Edwards to the MFA. [see note 1] (Accession Date: October 11, 1939)
NOTES:
[1] Siblings Robert (d. 1924), Hannah (d. 1929), and Grace (d. 1938) Edwards were each collectors of art, who seemed to have had joint ownership of the objects in their possession. When Robert died, he bequeathed his collection to the MFA in memory of their mother, Juliana Cheney Edwards. In 1925, after his death, part of his collection was acquired by the Museum, and the remainder went to his sisters, with the understanding that the objects would ultimately be left to the MFA in the collection begun in memory of their mother. The collections of Hannah and Grace were left to the MFA in 1939, following Grace's death. It is not always possible to determine exactly which paintings each sibling had owned.
NOTES:
[1] Siblings Robert (d. 1924), Hannah (d. 1929), and Grace (d. 1938) Edwards were each collectors of art, who seemed to have had joint ownership of the objects in their possession. When Robert died, he bequeathed his collection to the MFA in memory of their mother, Juliana Cheney Edwards. In 1925, after his death, part of his collection was acquired by the Museum, and the remainder went to his sisters, with the understanding that the objects would ultimately be left to the MFA in the collection begun in memory of their mother. The collections of Hannah and Grace were left to the MFA in 1939, following Grace's death. It is not always possible to determine exactly which paintings each sibling had owned.