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Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918)

Anders Zorn Swedish
ca. 1900
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684
The majority of the instruments seen in these galleries was collected by Mary Elizabeth Adams Brown (1842–1918) who, beginning in 1889, gave approximately 4,000 instruments to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This collection, named for her husband, became one of the world’s most historic and comprehensive.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918)
  • Artist: Anders Zorn (Swedish, Mora 1860–1920 Mora)
  • Date: ca. 1900
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 29 x 23 3/4 in. (73.7 x 60.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Eliza Coe Moore, 1959
  • Object Number: 60.85
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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