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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.311
People
Jean-François Millet, French (Gruchy 1814 - 1875 Barbizon)
Title
Portrait of Marguerite Sensier
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1866
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296764

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon with touches of pastel in white, mauve, pink, yellow, and blue on light brown paper
Dimensions
26.8 x 20.3 cm (10 9/16 x 8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From catalogue card: Collection: Jacques Doucet

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.311
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, ed., One Hundred Master Drawings, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1949), p. 166, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 52, repr.
  • Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, July 6, 2004), under no. 195

Exhibition History

  • Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
  • Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
  • The Heavenly Twins: Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs and the Building of a Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/23/1995 - 12/17/1995
  • Re-View: S426A (Large Niche) 19th Century French Portrait Drawings, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/2009 - 08/30/2009

Verification Level

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