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Sewing Lesson

(French, 1814–1875)
1874
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions81.6 x 65.4 cm (32 1/8 x 25 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martin Brimmer
Accession number76.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsStamped, lower right: J. F. Millet
ProvenanceMay 10-11, 1875, posthumous Millet sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 55, to Richard Hearn for Martin Brimmer (b. 1829 - d. 1896), Boston; 1876, gift of Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 7, 1876)
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