Farmyard by Moonlight
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1868
Medium/TechniquePastel and black conté crayon on light brown wove paper
Dimensions71.1 x 87 cm (28 x 34 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1525
ClassificationsPastels
InscriptionsLower right: J. F. MilletProvenance1868-75, acquired from the artist by Emile Gavet (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Paris (commissioned in 1868); June 11-12, 1875, Gavet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 48, sold to Alexis-Eugene Détrimont (dealer), Paris, probably for 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)
