Seated Spinner (Emélie Millet)
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1854
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions35.2 x 26.7 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1498
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower right: [...] F. MilletProvenancePaul van Cuyck (b. 1817 - d. 1865), Belgium; February 7-10, 1866, van Cuyck sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot no. 28. Gustave Templaere, Paris. Baron Etienne-Martin de Beurnonville (b. 1825 - d. 1906), Paris; April 29, 1880, Beurnonville sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 39. Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, given to the MFA by Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy A. Shaw, Jr. and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
