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A female figure seated, receives another who stands before her; a building, perhaps a church, is in the background.
diameter: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Robert Carfrae, Scotland; his sale, London, Glendining & Co., 28 November 1990, lot 320 (1), sold; to Cyril Humphris, London; his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 10 January 1995, lot 64, sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario (2), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000, inv. no. 2000.78 Notes (1) The drawing was acquired by Robert Carfrae (1820-1900) in the 19th century, and was consigned to auction ninety years after his death. (2) The drawing was on long-term loan to the Harvard University Art Museums from 1995 until its sale in 2000.
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