Grandpa’s Visit

Date: 1885

Dimensions: Height: 79.4cm ( 31.25 in.), Width: 122.9cm (48.875 in.)

Owner/Location: Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Description

This painting has had several names attached to it, But the title given it by Millet was “Grandpa’s Visit” and it was signed FD Millet and dated 1885, and is shown in the MFA Boston under that name. Other names that have been used in publications were, “The Granddaughter, and Better!” both of which seem to have been added pub the editors of the magazines. “Grandfathers Visit” is a third name used in some resources.

Exhibitions

1885, London Institute of Painters in Oil. Shown under the title “Grand-daughter”

Provenance

Arlington Art Gallery, NY, NY sale by Anderson Galleries, NY, NY “Arlington Gallery Collection Sale” Nov 11,1926 Lot No. 108 illus. Sold $50,000 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Literature

Magazine of Art, 1886, Engraving after the painting with a title “The Granddaughter” Woman’s Home Companion, Dec. 1912, with a two page color illustration with the title “Better!”