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Nobleman with Two Children in a Landscape
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
93.4 x 84.5 cm (36 3/4 x 33 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
M. Theresa B. Hopkins Fund
Accession Number65.1320
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenancePrivate collection, Bavaria [see note 1]; sold from the private collection to an unidentified dealer, Munich; sold by the dealer to Kurt Rossacher (b. 1918 - d. 1988), Salzburg; 1965, sold by Rossacher to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] In a letter to the MFA (March 23, 1966) Dr. Rossacher wrote of the painting, "I have bought it from a dealer in Munich, who had it -- as he says -- from the private collection of a Bavarian noble family. But he does not say the name of the collection...." At the time of its acquisition, the painting was attributed to Justus Sustermans.
NOTES:
[1] In a letter to the MFA (March 23, 1966) Dr. Rossacher wrote of the painting, "I have bought it from a dealer in Munich, who had it -- as he says -- from the private collection of a Bavarian noble family. But he does not say the name of the collection...." At the time of its acquisition, the painting was attributed to Justus Sustermans.