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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Not on viewClassificationsPastels
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ProvenanceBy 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)
