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.
来源
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.
出版
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.
展览
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.
拍品专文
We are grateful to Alexandra Murphy for confirming the authenticity of this work.