Shepherdess with Sheep | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.24
People: Style of Jean-François Millet, French (Gruchy 1814 - 1875 Barbizon)
Title: Shepherdess with Sheep
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Girl with Sheep
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231197

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 × 32.4 cm (15 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
framed: 67.6 × 60.3 × 8.9 cm (26 5/8 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Henry P. Kidder, Boston, Gift of estate and heirs to Fogg Art Museum, 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: 1933.24
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 284

Exhibition History

French Art of the 19th Century, Symphony Hall, Boston, 03/24/1959 - 04/24/1959

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1933.24: Shepherdess with Sheep