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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.32
People
Jean-François Millet, French (Gruchy 1814 - 1875 Barbizon)
Title
The Month of August: The Gleaners
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1851-1852
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295778

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white pastel on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
16 x 23 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, Harvard Class of 1903
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.32
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 14
  • Alexandra R. Murphy and Richard Rand, Jean-François Millet: Drawn into the Light, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute/Yale University Press (Williamstown, MA and New Haven, CT, 1999), cat. no. 39, repr. (color)
  • Louis-Antoine Prat, Le dessin français au XIXe siècle, Somogy Éditions d'Art (Paris, 2011), p. 364
  • Dessins anciens et du XIXe siècle, auct. cat., Christie's, Paris (Paris, March 24, 2021), under no. 106

Exhibition History

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