Woman Reclining in a Landscape
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
about 1846–47
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions18.8 x 33.3 cm (7 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1481
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ProvenanceQuincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908) and his wife, Pauline Agassiz Shaw (b. 1841 - d. 1917), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through his children, Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr. (b. 1869 - d. 1960) and Marian Shaw Haughton (b. 1866 - d. 1958), to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
NOTE: Quincy Adams Shaw bequeathed his collection of Millets to his children, with the stipulation that it be given to the MFA upon the death of his wife.
NOTE: Quincy Adams Shaw bequeathed his collection of Millets to his children, with the stipulation that it be given to the MFA upon the death of his wife.
about 1942
1964
Early 19th century
about 1860–70
late 1630s