From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections The Laundress

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.431
People: Imitation after Jean-François Millet, French (Gruchy 1814 - 1875 Barbizon)
Title: The Laundress
Other Titles: Alternate Title: La Lessiveuse / Woman Making Lye
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227837

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

38.1 x 27.62 cm (15 x 10 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: l.l. in brown paint: J. F. Millet
inscription: on back of panel, in black ink: CA3227
label: on back of panel, printed in blue: 1530
label: on back of panel, printed: [in black:] R; [in red:] 51
label: on back of panel, printed and handwritten: [printed:] T. Gilbert Brouillette / Paintings / Dealer-Consultant-Research / Gilsport Mann, 45 Maryland Ave. - Staten Island New York / La Lessiveuse / by / Jean François Millet / 1814-1875 / on panel: 15 x 11 inches. / [handwritten in black felt-tip:] CA9406
label: on back of panel, handwritten in black, partly torn away: La Lessiveuse / "Woman Making Lye" / original [ ] / J. F. M[ ]
inscription: on back of frame, in black felt-tip: CA9406 [crossed out]
inscription: on back of frame, in black felt-tip: NYN-716
inscription: on back of frame, in blue ballpoint pen: 4-25
inscription: on back of panel, in black ink: La Levisseuse / J. F. Millet
inscription: on back of panel, in graphite: C-6995
inscription: on back of panel, in white paint: M-A-5657-B
label: on back of frame, printed in red: 1716 [crossed out in graphite]
inscription: on back of frame, in graphite: Bin C-43
inscription: on back of frame, in white paint: M-A-5657-B

Provenance

Unidentified dealer or collector, France sold [through Thomas Robinson]; to Seth Morton Vose, Boston, 1873, traded; to James G. Shepherd, Scranton, 1909. George H. Webster, 1920. Mr. Gilbert Brouillette, Falmouth, c. 1950-1959, sold; to Mr. Maury Mossy, gift; to Chrysler Museum, 1975, traded; to Mr. Richard L. LaPere, Washington, D.C., sold [through Sloans, Washington D.C., Fall 1979]; to [Hammer Galleries, New York], returned; to [Sloans, Washington D.C., 1979]. [Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., Boston], gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc.
Accession Year: 1979
Object Number: 1979.431
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 120

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