The Knitting Shepherdess
- Date
- 1856–57
- Material
- Pastel
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 13 1/4 in. × 10 in. (33.7 × 25.4 cm)
framed: 20 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (51.4 × 45.1 × 8.3 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of the J. Lionberger Davis Art Trust
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 156:1953
NOTES
Jean-François Millet is known primarily for his sympathetic images of rural workers in the French countryside. One of his favorite subjects in the 1850s was the young shepherdess who concentrates on her knitting while her flock grazes nearby. This scene is rendered in rich pastel, lending vibrant color to her clothing and an earthy realism to the forest setting.
Provenance
by 1945
John Levy Galleries, New York, NY [1]
1945 - 1947
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY [2]
1947 - 1953
J. Lionberger Davis Art Trust, purchased from M. Knoedler & Co. [3]
1953 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by the J. Lionberger Davis Art Trust [4]
Notes:
[1] See Knoedler Book 9, Stock no. A3293, p. 110, row 50, per Getty Research Library Dealer Stock Books
[2] See note [1]
[3] See note on Deed of Gift, dated April 11, 1952 [SLAM document files].
[4] See note [3]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, November 5, 1953.
John Levy Galleries, New York, NY [1]
1945 - 1947
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY [2]
1947 - 1953
J. Lionberger Davis Art Trust, purchased from M. Knoedler & Co. [3]
1953 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by the J. Lionberger Davis Art Trust [4]
Notes:
[1] See Knoedler Book 9, Stock no. A3293, p. 110, row 50, per Getty Research Library Dealer Stock Books
[2] See note [1]
[3] See note on Deed of Gift, dated April 11, 1952 [SLAM document files].
[4] See note [3]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, November 5, 1953.
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