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La Liseuse: 1527

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 1

Titles

La Liseuse
Translated as: The reader

Maker(s)

Painter: Stevens, Alfred Emile Leopold Joseph Victor

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Notes

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

Legal notes

From the Spencer George Perceval Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 66.1 cm
Width: 55.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1930) by Thomson, D. Croal

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A. Stevens (the A and S forming a monogram)
  • Location: Top left
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 1527
Primary reference Number: 2044
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 May 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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