Buckwheat Harvest
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1868–70
Medium/TechniquePastel and black conté crayon on light brown wove paper
Dimensions75.9 x 97.8 cm (29 7/8 x 38 1/2 in.)
74 x 95.8 cm (29 1/8 x 37 3/4 in.) design
74 x 95.8 cm (29 1/8 x 37 3/4 in.) design
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer
Accession number06.2425
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Provenance1868/1870, commissioned by Emile Gavet (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Paris; June 11-12, 1875, Gavet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 52, to Martin Brimmer (b. 1829 - d. 1896), Boston; by inheritance to his widow, Marianne Timmins Brimmer (b. 1827 - d. 1906), Boston; 1906, bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)
