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The Bather
Jean-François Millet1846/1848
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Bather
- Creator: Jean-François Millet
- Date Created: 1846/1848
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 18.5 x 24.1 cm (7 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) framed: 32.9 x 38.7 x 5.4 cm (12 15/16 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Adolph Edward Borie [1809-1880] and his wife, née Elizabeth Dundas McKean, Philadelphia; possibly purchased from Borie or at a sale by George C. Thomas, Philadelphia.[1] (M. Knoedler & Co, London, New York, and Paris), in 1905, and again on consignment in 1910;[2] sold 1910 to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York; gift 1949 to NGA. [1] Lugt lists no Borie sale; the painting was not in the Thomas sale at Samuel Freeman, Philadelphia, 12-13 November 1924. [2] Knoedler dates confirmed by Robert L. Herbert in a letter dated 15 November 1973 in NGA curatorial files.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on wood
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