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The Reading Lesson
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
about 1860
Medium/Technique
Black conté crayon on dark cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.9 x 26.2 cm (12 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Francis Welch Fund
Accession Number1980.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Murphy 080
InscriptionsSigned lower right: J. F. Millet.
ProvenanceEmile Gavet (sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11-12 June, 1875, lot 32); bought by Détrimont, probably for Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825, Boston); Childs Gallery, Boston; from whom purchasec by MFA January 16, 1980