The Candlenut Tree (Aleurites Moluccana): A Botanical Study from the Collection of Major James Nathaniel Rind
c. 1800
Description
This large painting depicts a stem with two leaves from a Candlenut Tree, also known as the Indian Walnut.
Dimensions
76.2 x 54 cm (30 x 21 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Major James Nathanial Rind (d. 1814). Mrs. S. Richardson and Mrs. S.M. Norman, sold; through [Sotheby’s, London, 7/13/1971, probably lot 43]; to Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Collection, New Hampshire (1971-2011), sold; through [Sotheby’s, London, 5/31/2011, lot 117]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.
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