Little Goose Girl
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1868
Medium/TechniquePastel and black conté crayon on green wove paper
Dimensions41.9 x 52.1 cm (16 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1527
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ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by Emile Gavet (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Paris; June 11-12, 1875, Gavet sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 33, sold to Carlin. 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)
