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Woman Reclining in a Landscape
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
about 1846–47
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18.8 x 33.3 cm (7 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession Number17.1481
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Murphy 6
InscriptionsLower left: J. F. Millet
ProvenanceQuincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908) and his wife, Pauline Agassiz Shaw (b. 1841 - d. 1917), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through his children, Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr. (b. 1869 - d. 1960) and Marian Shaw Haughton (b. 1866 - d. 1958), to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
NOTE: Quincy Adams Shaw bequeathed his collection of Millets to his children, with the stipulation that it be given to the MFA upon the death of his wife.
NOTE: Quincy Adams Shaw bequeathed his collection of Millets to his children, with the stipulation that it be given to the MFA upon the death of his wife.