Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Rue du village
Details
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Rue du village
signed 'J. F. Millet' (lower left)
black chalk and watercolor on beige paper
9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (24.5 x 32.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1856-1857.
Rue du village
signed 'J. F. Millet' (lower left)
black chalk and watercolor on beige paper
9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (24.5 x 32.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1856-1857.
Provenance
The artist.
(possibly) His estate sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10-11 May 1875, no. 158.
Henri Rouart, by 1887.
His sale; Galerie Manzi-Joyant, 17 December 1912, no. 213, illustrated, as Paysan rentrant du fumier.
(possibly) His estate sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10-11 May 1875, no. 158.
Henri Rouart, by 1887.
His sale; Galerie Manzi-Joyant, 17 December 1912, no. 213, illustrated, as Paysan rentrant du fumier.
Literature
A. Alexandre, La collection Henri Rouart, Paris 1912, p. 158.
S. Alexandrian, Les Maîtres de la Lumiére, La peinture française de David à Picasso, Paris, 1969, pp. 42-44 as Cour de Ferme.
S. Alexandrian, Les Maîtres de la Lumiére, La peinture française de David à Picasso, Paris, 1969, pp. 42-44 as Cour de Ferme.
Exhibited
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, J. F. Millet, 1887, no 68, as Rue de village.
London, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Nineteenth Century French Drawings, 18 June - 17 July 1987, no. 7, as Paysan rentrant du fumier.
London, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Nineteenth Century French Drawings, 18 June - 17 July 1987, no. 7, as Paysan rentrant du fumier.