Jean-François Millet
Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys
1872-7381 x 99.1 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: J.F. Millet
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
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. 46
Provenance
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, bought from the artist in May 1872, sold 8 March 1873 to Mélas
Michail Mélas, Marseilles, 1873–74
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 April 1874, nr. 49
with M. Lannoy, Paris, 1874–75, sold to Dupont
J. Dupont, Antwerp, from 1875
Samuel P. Avery, New York, until about 1883, sold to Dana
Charles A. Dana, New York, by 1883–d. 1898
his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 24-26 February 1898, nr. 591, to Schaus
with Hermann Schaus, New York, 1898
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher, New York, 1898–his d. 1917
Other works by Jean-François Millet
Starry Night
c. 1851
c. 1851
Still Life
c. 1860-65
c. 1860-65
The Sheepfold, Moonlight
1856-60
1856-60
The Sower
1850
1850
Haystacks: Autumn
c. 1874
c. 1874