Shepherd Showing Travellers Their Way

c. 1860s

Jean-François Millet

Artist, French, 1814 - 1875

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(George Petit, Paris). Alexander Young, London, 1906. Defoer Bey, Paris. (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); Alexander Reid, Glasgow. H. S. Henry, New York; (his sale, 1910); purchased by William A. Clark [1839 - 1925], New York; bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington 1926, acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1874

  • Ninth Exhibition of the Society of French Artists, Durand-Ruel, London, 1874, no. 136

1875

  • Jean-Francois Millet Retrospective, Grand Palais, Paris, 1875, and Hayward Gallery, London, 1876

1979

  • Millet, Corot, and the School of Barbizon, Japan [venues not noted], 1979-1980

1989

  • The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, and Montana Historical Society, Helena, 1989.

Bibliography

1928

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1928: no. 2119

1932

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1928: no. 2119

Wikidata ID

Q64581213

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