ID 793358
Lot 66 | JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET (GRUCHY 1814-1875 BARBIZON)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Daphnis and Chloé (Le Printemps)
charcoal and pastel, charcoal framing lines
38.7 x 23.2 cm (15 1⁄4 x 9 1⁄4 in.)
Provenance
The artist's studio; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 May 1875, lot 60 (L.1816a; L.1460b).
Henri Rouart (1833-1912), Paris; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16-18 December 1912, lot 214.
with Galerie Hector Brame, Paris (Millet, 1938, no. 46).
Louis Rouart (1875-1964), Paris; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 March 1969, lot 34.
Exhibited
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, J.-F. Millet, 1887, no. 76, ill.
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, De Watteau à Cézanne, 1951, no. 173, ill.
Special notice
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| Artist: | Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875) |
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| Medium: | Paper |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Artist: | Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875) |
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| Medium: | Paper |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings |
| Address of auction |
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