Lot 250
  • 250

François Millet French, 1851-1917

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Description

  • François Millet
  • Meules de foin
  • signed F. Millet fils l.r.
  • pastel on paper
  • 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18in.

Provenance

Max and Fanny Steinthal
Seized by the Third Reich after their deaths
In possession of Max and Fanny Steinthal's son-in-law (until 1950)
Impounded by the East German authorities in 1950
Gemäldegalerie Dresden (by 1950)
Restituted to the heirs of Max and Fanny Steinthal in 2004

Exhibited

Berlin, Jüdisches Museum, Max Steinthal: Ein Bankier und seine Bilder, 2004 (illustrated in the catalogue)

Catalogue Note

François Millet was the son of the seminal Barbizon painter Jean-François Millet.