Jean-François Millet

Knitting Lesson



Jean-François Millet - Knitting Lesson



Jean-François Millet
Knitting Lesson
c. 1854
47 x 38.1 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: J.F. Millet
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer


Literature

Esmée Quodbach (ed.), Holland's Golden Age in America, University Park, Pennsylvania, 2014, fig. 67a


Provenance

1854 or 1855, Martin Brimmer, Boston
1898, inherited by Mrs. Martin Brimmer (wife)
1906, bequeathed to the MFA by Mrs. Martin Brimmer, accession date 8 November 1906

External links

Museum of Fine Arts Accession number 06.2423

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Jean-François Millet Leconte de Lisle
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Jean-François Millet November Evening
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Jean-François Millet The Haymakers' Rest
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