Jean-François Millet

Literature

Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 45

Provenance

Frédéric Hartmann, Munster, by 1874–d. 1881, commissioned from the artist in 1868
his estate sale, Pillet, Paris, 7 May 1881, nr. 6, probably bought in
his widow, Mme Samson-Davilliers, Munster, 1881–1909
sale, Dépendant des successions Hartmann, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6 May 1909, nr. 2, to Le Roy
with E. Le Roy et Cie., Paris, 1909–10, sold on 30 May to Knoedler
with Knoedler, New York, 1910–11, sold in March to Billings
C.K.G. Billings, New York, 1911–26
his sale, American Art Association, New York, 8 January 1926, nr. 17, to Thomas Williams, probably as agent for Timken
Lillian S. Timken, New York, 1926–d. 1959

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 60.71.12

Other works by Jean-François Millet

The Sheepfold, Moonlight
1856-60

The Sower
1850

Feeding the Children
c. 1860

Peasant and Donkey Returning Homewards at Dusk
1866

The Evening Prayer
1857-59