Shepherdess with her Flock and Dog
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
1863–65
Medium/TechniqueBlack conté crayon and pastel with pen and ink on beige laid paper
Dimensions37.2 x 50.2 cm (14 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Henry Lee Higginson, in memory of her sister, Pauline Agassiz Shaw
Accession number35.1162
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPastels
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ProvenancePossibly Ferdinand Barbédienne (b. 1810 - d. 1892), Paris. Emile Gavet (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Paris; June 11-12, 1875, Gavet sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 68, to Alexis-Eugene Détrimont (dealer; b. 1825), probably for Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908) and his wife, Pauline Agassiz Shaw (b. 1841 - d. 1935), Boston; by 1897, her sister, Ida Agassiz (Mrs. Henry L.) Higginson (b. 1837 - d. 1935), Boston; 1935, bequest of Ida Agassiz Higginson to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 11, 1935)
