Newborn Lamb

Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)

1866

Medium/TechniquePastel and black conté crayon on beige wove paper

Dimensions40.4 x 47.1 cm (15 7/8 x 18 9/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton

Accession number17.1513

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ClassificationsPastels

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InscriptionsLower right: J. F. MilletProvenanceBy 1866, commissioned from the artist by Emile Gavet (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Paris; June 11-12, 1875, Gavet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 66. 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)