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An Idyll: A Mother and a Halberdier in a Wooded Landscape
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Alexander Baring 1st Lord Ashburton by descent; to Louisa Lady Ashburton 1848 by descent; to Lord Spencer Marquis of Northampton Compton Compton Wynyates Warwickshire 1903; by descent; to Marquess of Northampton sold [through Christie's 1981]; to [Seiden & de Cuevas Inc. New York NY 1981]. Purchase Harvard Art Museums 2007.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Kate Maurice R. and Melvin Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Konrad Oberhuber and Sydney Freedberg Richard Norton Memorial Fund and Richard Norton Fund
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