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c. 1767 · Cleveland Museum of Art

A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight

Anna Dorothea TherbuschWikidata

painting by Anna Dorothea Therbusch (Berlin, 1721–82)

Wander from here

In the picture

Date
c. 1767Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: 1755
Medium
oil on canvasCleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
100 × 81 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Inventory no.
2023.1Wikidata
Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. FundCleveland Museum of Art

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. March 18, 1984 –
    Sale: Biarritz, 18 March 1984
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Sale: Biarritz, 18 March 1984 (March 18, 1984)”
  2. December 11, 1996 –
    Sale: London, Sotheby's 11 December 1996, lot 177
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Sale: London, Sotheby's 11 December 1996, lot 177 (December 11, 1996)”
  3. 1996 – 2023
    Collection of J.E. Safra (b. c. 1940), Geneva, Switzerland
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Collection of J.E. Safra (b. c. 1940), Geneva, Switzerland (1996-2023)”
  4. January 26, 2023 –
    Sale: Sotheby's New York, January 26, 2023, lot 149
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Sale: Sotheby's New York, January 26, 2023, lot 149 (January 26, 2023)”
  5. 2023 –
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2023-)”
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