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Peasant Mother at the Hearth

DrawingsFrench19th century

Peasant Mother at the Hearth

19th century

Artists

Jean-François MilletArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and colored chalks on buff laid paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 39.7 x 32.2 cm (15 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Cottier and Co., New York and London, 1902; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1917; acquired from them by M. Knoedler, New York and Paris, 1917; acquired from them by Scott and Fowles, New York, 1919; acquired from them by Grenville L. Winthrop, February 2, 1920; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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