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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.312
People
Jean-François Millet, French (Gruchy 1814 - 1875 Barbizon)
Title
Landscape with Sheep
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1852-1856
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296263

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor, black colored pencil and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 26 x 35.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift in memory of Sylvia Warren from Mrs. Warren Richardson, Mrs. Philip S. Weld, Bayard Warren, Mrs. Renouf Russell, Mrs. John H. Gardiner, Mrs. Peter Black, Mrs. Ronald M. Ferry, Mrs. A.B. Chace, John E. Thayer, Jr., Joseph G. Bradley, Samuel D. Warren, and C. E. Channing
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.312
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Konrad Oberhuber, European Master Drawings of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, 1979), cat. no. 87, n.p., pl. 87, repr.
  • Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p.9
  • 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. 35, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

  • European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
  • The Harvest of 1830: the Barbizon Legacy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/1990 - 10/21/1990
  • Jean-François Millet: Drawn into the Light, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 10/26/1999 - 01/05/2000; Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, 02/10/2000 - 04/23/2000

Verification Level

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