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Study for Shepherdess Knitting (La Grande Bergère)

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Provenance

Paul Marmontel; sale, Hôtel Drout, Paris, 25-26 January 1883, no. 187; by 1908, John Templeman Coolidge, Jr. (1856-1945), Boston; Mrs. J. Templeman Coolidge; 1946, gift of Mrs. J. Templeman Coolidge to MFA.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge

1862

Catalogue Raisonné

Murphy 092; study for Delteil 18

Dimensions

Sheet: 31.4 x 24.1 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.) Framed: 49.2 x 41.6 cm (19 3/8 x 16 3/8 in.)

Accession Number

46.594

Medium or Technique

Black conté crayon on dark cream wove paper

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