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Head of a Boy

Head of a Boy

DrawingsFrench19th century

Head of a Boy

c. 1846-1848

Artists

Jean-François MilletArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on beige laid paper, darkened

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 46.5 x 29.6 cm (18 5/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Mme Millet, the artist's widow; her estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 24-25, 1894, no. 86; purchased at that sale by Albert Cahen d'Anvers, Paris (d. 1903); Mme Albert Cahen d'Anvers, Paris (d. 1918); Scott and Fowles, New York, by 1922; acquired from them by Grenville L. Winthrop, October 1922 ($1,000); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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