About the Artwork
Les deux hommes marchant de compagnie
17th century
Jean François Millet
1642-1679
Flemish
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 7 7/8 × 11 5/8 inches (20 × 29.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S789
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: Francisque Pinxit Avec Priuilege du Roy Inscribed, in pencil, lower center of image: 4
Stamped, in black, verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606) Stamped: doubles stamp (Lugt 2922) Stamped, in brown: Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606) Stamped in black, verso: Baron H. A. von Derschau (Lugt 2510)
Provenance
Baron H. A. von Derschau
1890, sold by Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany) duplicate sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jean François Millet, Les deux hommes marchant de compagnie, 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S789.
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