Forest with Shepherdess and Sheep
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1849–50
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions27.3 x 14.9 cm (10 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1486
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ProvenanceFrom the artist to Alfred Sensier (b. 1815 - d. 1877), Paris; December 10, 1877, Sensier sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 53, to Alphonse Legrand (dealer), Paris, probably for Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr. and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
