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La Liseuse
Translated as: The reader
Stevens, Alfred Emile Leopold Joseph Victor
(Painter)
History note: Dietel, sold Amsterdam, Frederick Muller & Co., 30 November 1926 (21), bt. F. Muller & Co.; anon. sale, Frankfurt, Prestel, 8 November 1929 (140); with Barbizon House, London (D. Croal Thomson), from whom it was bought
From the Spencer George Perceval Fund.
Height: 66.1 cm
Width: 55.3 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bought
(1930)
by
Thomson, D. Croal
Support composed of canvas
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: 1527
Primary reference Number: 2044
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: PD.11-1966
Accession Number: P.22-1994
Accession Number: P.19-1994
Accession Number: P.31-1994
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