woman sitting on bench holding a snake in PR hand very closely to her face, as if talking to it; elbow from arm with snake extends outside of image plane

Snake Merchant, from Fontainebleau Forest, c. 1889

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Details
Title
Snake Merchant, from Fontainebleau Forest
Artist Life
Paris 1849–Domme, Dordogne 1918
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.93.151
Provenance
[C. & J. Goodfriend, New York; sold September 17, 1994, to Andrus]; John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015. Earlier provenances have been gathered, but further research will increase our knowledge of their histories.
Catalogue Raisonne
Lotz-Brissonneau, p. 267
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woman sitting on bench holding a snake in PR hand very closely to her face, as if talking to it; elbow from arm with snake extends outside of image plane