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Man Turning over the Soil
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
about 1847–50
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.1 x 32.4 cm (9 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession Number17.1488
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Murphy 17
InscriptionsLower right: J. F. Millet
ProvenanceAbout 1853, purchased from the artist by William Morris Hunt, Boston; 1874, sold by Hunt to Doll and Richards, Boston, for Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy A. Shaw, Jr. and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)