Peasant at a Well
Artist Name:
Jean Francois
Millet
Artist Dates:
1814-1875
Painting Date:
1854
Object Type:
Painting
Painting Size (in inches):
15 1/2 x 12 1/2
Genre:
Subject
Christie’s Information for Hill Sale
Christie’s Sale Date:
May 25th 1889
Christie’s Lot Number:
39
Bought by at Christie’s:
Messrs Buck and Reid
Gallery / Dealer Address:
179 New Bond Street, London
Christie’s Sale Price: £
78
15 s
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Exhibition and Provenance Information
Further Provenance:
Constantine Ionides
Current Location:
V&A London
Further Information:
This painting is now known as The Well at Gruchy and forms part of the Ionides collection bequeathed to the V&A in 1900. Further information about this painting can be found on the V&A collections search.
Bought by Buck Reid at Millet sale, Paris, 10 May 1875, lot 12; bought by Durlacher for 2.300 francs; Henry Hill, Brighton; sold Christie’s, 25 May 1889, lot 39, bought by Buck & Reid, £78 15s; however, CAI 49 does not appear on Ionides’s inventory of his collection (private collection). Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides, 1900.
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