Les Deux Vaches (The Two Cows)
Jean-François Millet, French, 1814 - 1875
about 1847-1850
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 3 5/8 × 6 in. (9.2 × 15.2 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (13.3 × 18.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.948.27.2
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: J. F. Millet
Exhibition History
French Art in the Age of George Sand; Prints from the Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Chapel Art Center, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, January 27-February 24, 1994.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 19, 1992-January 29, 1993.
Treasures from the Print Collection, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 3-August 17, 1980.
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1948.
Catalogue Raisonne
L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur Illustre, vol. 1, no. 4.
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