Description:
British School, 17th/18th Century
Woman (Perhaps as Diana) Brushing Her Dog,
Unsigned, partial labels from the Museum of Fine Arts and the Fogg Art Museum affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure.
Estimate $400-600
Fogg Art Museum Loan: 3266.
Inscribed on one MFA label "...Merwin/...Englewood Ave/ Brookl..."
The second, smaller MFA label seems to read, "Mr. Wilder/Stedman.../W..."
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