Coming Storm
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1867–68
Medium/TechniqueBlack conté crayon and pastel on green-brown wove paper
Dimensions42.0 x 53.7 cm (16 9/16 x 21 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer
Accession number06.2426
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPastels
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Provenance1867/1868, commissioned by Emile Gavet (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Paris; June 11-12, 1875, Gavet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 17, 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)
