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Laughing Boy (18th century)
Laughing Boy (18th century)
Public Domain
Artist
Giuseppe Angeli
Artist Dates
1712-1798
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
Laughing Boy
Date
18th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.5 x 35.9 cm (17-1/8 x 14-1/8 in)
K Number
K1587
Repository
Mead Art Museum
Accession Number
AC 1961.74
Notes

Provenance

Baroness Gisele Gautsch, Vienna. [1] (E. & A. Silberman Galleries, New York) by 1939 until at least 1944. [2] (Paul Drey, New York); sold to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1948; gift to the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College in 1961, no. AC 1961.74. [1] Baroness Gautsch might be the wife of the Austrian Minister Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn [1851-1918]. [1] Lent by Silberman to European Masters from the 15th to the 18th Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 8-29 January 1939, no. 17, as Piazzetta; and Three Baroque Masters, Baltimore Museum, 28 April - 4 June 1944, no. 36, as Piazzetta.