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Washerwomen
about 1855
Jean-François Millet, French, 1814–1875
43.5 x 53.7 cm (17 1/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Lower right: J. F. MilletClassification: Paintings
Type, sub-type: Genre - Exterior
Catalogue: Murphy 62Object is currently not on view Museum of Fine Arts, BostonGift of Mrs. Martin Brimmer, 1906
Accession number: 06.2422Provenance/Ownership History: Please note: The information on history of ownership given here is based on compilations made in the 1980s. This information is in the process of being reviewed, and will be corrected and updated as research progresses.
May 10-11, 1875, Millet studio sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 127 verso, to Richard Hearn for Martin Brimmer, Boston; by inheritance to Mrs. Martin Brimmer, Boston; 1906, bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
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