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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.298
People
Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, French (Tournan-en-Brie, France 1836 - 1912 Paris, France)
Title
The Mourner
Other Titles
Title: Seated Woman
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1887
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311572

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
55.25 x 38.42 cm (21 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u.l.: Jules Lefebvre

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collection, sold [through unidentifeid auction]; to Mrs. Irving M. Sobin, 1928, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Irving M. Sobin
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.298
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 115; repr. as no. 371

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