Jean-François Millet

Literature

H. Barbara Weinberg, Childe Hassam, New York; New Haven and London, 2004, fig. 29

Provenance

Alfred Feydeau, Paris, in 1860
with Durand-Ruel, Paris
private collection, until 1867
sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 May 1867, nr. 41
Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Borie, Philadelphia, 1867–his death 1880
Mrs. A.E. (Elizabeth D.) Borie, Philadelphia, from 1880
Erwin Davis, New York, until 1889
his sale, Ortgies, New York, 19-20 March 1889, nr. 140, to Clark
Alfred Corning Clark, New York, 1889–died 1896
his widow, Elizabeth Clark, later Mrs. Henry Codman Potter, New York, 1896–died 1909
her son, Edward Severin Clark, New York, 1909–died 1933
his brother, Stephen C. Clark, New York, 1933–38

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 38.75

Other works by Jean-François Millet

The Virgin of Loretto
1851

The Bird Nesters

Girl Carrying Water
c. 1855-60

November Evening
1870

Leconte de Lisle
1842