y Millet in 1847 and given to his friend Charlie

ching. This picture was painted in 1851, and was at one time (1891) in a private collection in Glasgow.[1]

ome changes of detail, to the small painting (17 by 14-1/2 in.) of the subject

that year, also again in 1867 at the International Exhibition. It changed hands for large s

and sold in 1873 for 38,500 francs, the highest pri

he Salon of 1864, also again at the Exposition Universe

neral composition to the description of a painting bearing the sa

ought by J.W. Wilson for 50,000 francs, later bringing at the Wilson sale of 1881 the sum of ￡6400. In an auction sale of the Secrétan collection, July, 1889, there was an immense excitement over the contest between the French government, represented by M. Proust, Director of Fine Arts, and various American dealers, who were determined to win the prize. It was finally knocked down to M. Proust for 553,000 francs, but the

which attracted much attention when exhibited in t

exhibited in Salon of 1861. Presented by

d to by him, in a letter of 1872, as still in process of painting; found in his studio at the time of

ainted in 1850, and exhibited in the Salon of 1850-5

he collection of Millet's drawings,

m for 2000 francs. In 1889 it was purchased by Madame Pommeroy for 300,000 francs, and presented to the L

etch made in Gréville. Seen in Millet's stu

veral versions of the subject, th

Salon of 1863. Sold to a Belgian collector, and long in Bruss

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's Barbizon Scho

2

e and Letters of Jean Fra

3

ss, seated, a portrait of the painter, and others. Other fine Millets are in the private collections of Boston, where the painter received