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Shepherd and Flock at the Edge of the Forest, Evening
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
1853
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60 x 49.5 cm (23 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession Number17.1490
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Murphy 40
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)