Shepherdesses Watching a Flight of Wild Geese
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1866
Medium/TechniquePastel and black conté crayon on beige wove paper
Dimensions57.2 x 41.9 cm (22 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.) design
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1512
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Not on viewClassificationsPastels
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Provenance1866, commissioned from the artist by Emile Gavet (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Paris; June 11-12, 1875, Gavet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 24, sold to David. 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)
