Young Woman Churning Butter
Jean-François Millet
(French, 1814–1875)
about 1848–51
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions56.8 x 35.8 cm (22 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John S. Ames
Accession number66.1052
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower right: J. F. MilletProvenance1873, Leon Gauchez (dealer; b. 1825 – d. 1907), Brussels; May 5-8, 1873, "Marquis de La Rochebousseau" (Gauchez) sale, Paris, lot 27 [see note 1], sold for 9700 fr. to Laurent-Richard for 9700 fr.; May 23-25, 1878, Laurent-Richard sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 50, sold for 9800 fr. to Mrs. Mary J. Morgan (d. 1885), New York; March 5, 1886, posthumous Morgan sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 170, sold for $8100 to Charles Crocker for M. Knoedler and Co., New York (stock no. 5050); March 6, 1886, sold by Knoedler to Frederick Lothrop Ames (b. 1835 - d. 1893), Boston [see note 2]; by descent to his son, John Stanley Ames (b. 1878- d. 1959), Boston; to his widow, Nancy (Mrs. John Stanley) Ames; 1966, gift of Mrs. Ames to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1966)
NOTES:
[1] As "La Baratteuse." The Marquis de la Rochebousseau was a pseudonym for the dealer Gauchez. [2] Sold as "The Wood Chopper." See Getty Provenance Index, M. Knoedler and Co. Records, PI record no. K-10207 (Book 4, stock no. 5050, p. 49). Mr. Ames first lent the painting to the MFA in May, 1886.
