Jean-François MILLET (1814-1875) - Lot 19

Jean-François MILLET (1814-1875) Peasant in Front of a Horse-Drawn Cart, 1836 Pencil drawing signed and dated lower center. Height 14.5 Width 22 cm (hole lower right) Provenance : - Given by the artist in 1836 to Madame Victor Liais. - Collection of Monsieur and Madame Liais, Cherbourg - Collection of Madame Lefranc (née Liais) (by descent) - Private collection, Paris This drawing is a copy of Hyppolite Lecomte's "Paysage avec figures" in the Musée de Cherbourg. It belongs to the donation made by art dealer Thomas Henry, who opened the museum. The register of copies kept by the janitor at the time indicates that Millet copied several works from this donation between 1835 and 1836 on the advice of his master Théophile Langlois de Chèvreville. We would like to thank Madame Louise Hallet, Director of the Musée de Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, for her help in compiling this file.