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Jean-François Millet
1814-1875
Study of a Mug
ca. 1840-1850
Black chalk on paper.
3 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches
Gift of John M. Thayer.
2004.2
Notes:
While Millet did not produce many candlelit still-lifes of interiors like his contemporaries Albert Lebourg and François Bonvin, he studied everyday objects for the backgrounds of his paintings. This mug, or tankard, is similar to the ceramics found on the mantle in his view of washerwomen or on the shelves of the dairy behind his many butter-churners.
Provenance:
Sale, New York, Christie's, February 23, 1989, lot 322; John M. Thayer (1944-2004), Wilmington, DE.
Associated names:
Thayer, John M. (John MacLane), 1944-2004, former owner.
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