1933.23: Shepherds Resting

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.23

People

Jean-François Millet, French (Gruchy 1814 - 1875 Barbizon)

Title

Shepherds Resting

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1846-c. 1847

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231150

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

23.5 x 33.34 cm (9 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right: J.F. Millet.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Henry P. Kidder, Boston, Gift to Fogg Art Museum from estate and heirs, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate and Heirs of the late Henry P. Kidder of Boston

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.23

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Anne V. Dort, "French Art of the 19th Century", Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Bulletin (Boston, MA, 1958 -1959), no. 21, p. 1317
• 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), pp. 120, 228, repr. b/w cat. no. 287
• Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 8

Exhibition History

• French Art of the 19th Century, Symphony Hall, Boston, 03/24/1959 - 04/24/1959
• The Harvest of 1830: the Barbizon Legacy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/1990 - 10/21/1990

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