Sunlit Garden

Jean-Baptiste Millet

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Millet

Artist, French, 1831 - 1906

The image shows a pastoral landscape from a slightly elevated perspective. A row of potted plants is in the foreground. In the middle ground, there are various trees and bushes, some with twisting trunks and branches depicted with pencil lines. In the background, tall hedges and house silhouettes can be seen. The drawing uses soft pencil strokes to create texture and depth, with a monochromatic color palette of grey.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lowenburg?

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 66.

1984

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 1984.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 93, repro.

Bibliography

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 93.

Inscriptions

lower left: Millet / J.B.

Wikidata ID

Q64581161

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