About the Artwork
Women around a Fire
between 1814 and 1875
Jean-François Millet
1814-1875
French
Unknown
Graphite pencil on laid paper mounted on tan paper
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/8 inches (13.3 × 10.5 cm) Mount: 5 7/16 × 4 5/16 inches (13.8 × 11 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
34.132
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in black ink, lower right: J.F.M.
Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: b.68 Inscribed, lower left: 19 [very light] Inscribed, upper left, verso of mount: [indecipherable symbol] Inscribed, mid-right, verso: 51x37
Provenance
1934-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jean-François Millet, Women around a Fire, between 1814 and 1875, graphite pencil on laid paper mounted on tan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 34.132.
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