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The Judgment of Solomon

CultureEnglish
Date17th century
MediumNeedlework
DimensionsUnframed: 18 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches (46.36 × 50.17 cm)
Framed: 21 1/2 × 22 3/4 inches (54.61 × 57.79 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number49-56
On View
Not on view
DescriptionBorder of fruit against black. Solomon seated at left. Ladies with children and soldiers at right. Framed.Provenance

Maud Blumenthal (d. 1981), New York, by June 1, 1938;

 

Purchased from Blumenthal by French and Company, New York, stock no. 41034C, June 1, 1938-1949 [1];

 

Purchased from French and Company by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949.

 

NOTES:

 

[1] The French and Company stock number for this object is documented in the NAMA registration files. The corresponding stock sheet, however, is missing from the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, French and Company Stock Sheets, box 49, folder 2. The sheets for other objects with the stock number 41034, acquired by French and Company in the same transaction as this needlework, are extant and indicate the group of objects was purchased from Blumenthal on June 1, 1938.

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