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Killing the Hog

Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
about 1867–70

Medium/Technique Charcoal and pastel on beige prepared canvas
Dimensions 68.0 x 88.4 cm (26 3/4 x 34 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warren
Accession Number92.2640
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPastels

Catalogue Raisonné Murphy 143
InscriptionsStamped, lower right: J. F. M.
ProvenanceBy 1885, P. Barbédienne; April 27, 1885, sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 79. By 1892, R. Austin Robertson; April 7-8, 1892, sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 41, sold to Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warren (b. 1825 - d. 1901), Boston; 1892, gift of Mrs. Warren to the MFA . (Accession Date: June 7, 1892)