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La gardeuse de moutons. J. F. Millet, Paris


JEAN FRANÇOIS MILLET, né 14 Octobre à Gruchy chez Cherbourg, mort 20 Janvier 1875 à Barbizon. Fils d'un paysan. Élève de l'école des beaux arts. Travaillait à Paris, dans la Normandie et à Barbizon.Chef de l'école de Barbizon. Pionnier du réalisme moderne dans la peinture.
Publisher: Stengel & Co. (German, 1885–1945)
German
after 1906

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph with beveled, gilded edges on card stock.
Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.4055
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
Stengel & Co., G.m.b.H., Dresden 29966
Made in Germany
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)