The Flax Spinner
artist
Jean-Francois Millet
(1814 - 1875)
Date1868-1869
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumEtching on Chinese paper
Dimensions30.8 x 24.8 cm (12 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP17n2
eMuseum ID719597
EmbARK ObjectID11993
TMS Source ID1142
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesAmerican Art Association. Catalogue of the art collection...Mary J. Morgan... (New York, 8-15 March 1886), p. 297, lot 2450].
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1.
Corinna Lindon Smith. Interesting People (Norman, Oklahoma, 1962), p. 166.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1.
Corinna Lindon Smith. Interesting People (Norman, Oklahoma, 1962), p. 166.
MarksNotesSigned in plate (lower right of impression): J. F. Millet
Numbered in graphite (lower left): 40205
Numbered in graphite (verso,): E6
Numbered in graphite (lower left): 40205
Numbered in graphite (verso,): E6
ProvenanceNotesAcquried by Mary Jane Morgan (d. 1885), American fine and decorative arts collector and second wife of the shipping, railroad and iron magnate Charles Morgan (1795-1878), at an unknown date.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the sale of the collection of Mary Jane Morgan, lot 2450, for $38 on 18 March 1886, through the art dealer Frederick Keppel and Co., New York.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the sale of the collection of Mary Jane Morgan, lot 2450, for $38 on 18 March 1886, through the art dealer Frederick Keppel and Co., New York.
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