Newborn Lamb
1866
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
Catalogue Raisonné
Murphy 114
Dimensions
40.4 x 47.1 cm (15 7/8 x 18 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
17.1513
Medium or Technique
Pastel and black conté crayon on beige wove paper
Not On View
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Inscription
Lower right: J. F. Millet
Provenance
By 1866, commissioned from the artist by Emile Gavet, Paris; sold by Gavet at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 11-12, 1875, lot no. 66. Quincy Adams Shaw, Boston; 1917, given to the MFA by Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy A. Shaw, Jr. and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
Credit Line
Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton