Two Reclining Figures
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
about 1848
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions72.7 x 100.3 cm (28 5/8 x 39 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1482
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ProvenanceAbout 1853, sold by the artist to William Morris Hunt (b. 1824 - d. 1879), Boston; 1874, sold by Hunt to Doll and Richards, Boston, for Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy A. Shaw, Jr. and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)