Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005777The Departure for Work
Inscriptions
Signed recto, lower right, in black Conté crayon: "J. F. Millet"
Provenance
Possibly Charles Tillot (1825-1895), Barbizon and Paris, before 1887 [Alixe Murphy email Aug. 12, 2005]. Philippe Gille, by 1887 [Paris 1887]. Galerie Hector Brame, Paris, by 1938 [Paris, 1938]. Sold by Jacques Dubourg, Paris, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, March 24, 1967 [collector notes]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.
Exhibition history
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, J.F. Millet," 1887, p. 72, cat. 103. Paris, Hector Brame, "J.F. Millet, Dessinateur," Jan. 31-Feb. 19, 1938, cat. 29. Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, December 9, 1967–March 29, 1968. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, pp. 108-109, cat. 73 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago, "Souvenirs of the Barbizon: Photographs, Paintings and Works on Paper", July 2 - September 25, 2011.
Publications
Etienne Moreau-Nelaton, Millet 2 (Paris, 1921), p. 36, fig. 112.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean François Millet / French, 1814-1875
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Pastel and charcoal on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 34 × 28.3 cm (13 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- charcoal
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1998.693
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