Allegorical Portrait of an Artist in Her Studio

Artist Michiel van Musscher Dutch, b. 1645, Rotterdam; d. 1705, Amsterdam

Datecirca 1675–1685

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions45 x 35 7/8 in. (114.3 x 91.1 cm)
Frame: 53 3/4 x 44 3/4 in. (136.5 x 113.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Armand and Victor Hammer

Object numberG.57.10.1

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ProvenanceCreated Amsterdam, ca. 1675–1685. [Probably sale, Paris, February 10, 1809, no. 40]. The Right Honorable Lewis Fry (1832–1931), Bristol, England (by 1904); [his sale, Christie’s, London, March 31, 1922, no. 105, as Constantine Netscher, Portrait of Rachel Ruysch]; to Lee. Possibly Comte de Ganay, Paris; [Christie’s, London, March 28, 1923, no. 153, as Constantine Netscher, Portrait of Rachel Ruysch]; [M. R. Schweitzer Gallery, London and New York, by 1952]; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 27, 1954, no 20, as Netscher]; [Hammer Galleries, New York, by 1956]; given to NCMA, 1957 (as Rachel Ruysch).

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