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17th century · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beggars at a Doorway

Master of the BéguinsWikidata

painting by Master of the Béguins, French or Flemish, active 1650–60 (possibly Abraham Willemsens, Flemish, active by 1627, died 1672)

Wander from here

In the picture

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Date
17th century (known to the century)Wikidata
Medium
Oil on canvasThe Met
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
51.4 × 59.4 cmThe Met
Wikidata: 51.4 × 59.4 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, ManhattanWikidata
Genre
genre artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
71.80Wikidata
Credit line
Purchase, 1871The Met
Exhibitions
  • The Taste of the Seventies
  • The Brothers Le Nain
Wikidata

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    William T. Blodgett
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. ? – February 21, 1781
    Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
  3. ? – 1870
    Martin comte Cornet de Ways Ruart
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
  4. 1870 – 1871
    John Taylor Johnston
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
  5. 1871 –
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
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