An Autumn Idyll

Date: 1892

Dimensions: Height: 54.76 cm (21.56 in.), Width: 33.66 cm (13.25 in.)

Owner/Location: Brooklyn Museum (United States – New York)

Description

Signed lower left, FD Millet ’92. Two women dressed in classical robes are on a patio. One stands on a wall and picks fruit from the vine that grow above the columns. The other is seated beside her holding a plate with the picked fruits.

Tags:

arbor, blue skies, Classical columns, female beauty, gowns, grace, grapes, Grecian harvest, idyll, leaves, marble, painting, pergola, plucking, season, two women, vines

Exhibitions

1979, The American Renaissance: 1876-1917. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, American Art Department, October 13, 1979 through December 30, 1979 1990, A Celebration of American Ideals: Paintings from the Brooklyn Museum. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, American Art Department, May 27, 1990 through July 22, 1990

Provenance

1931 Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam to the Brooklyn Museum, 32.844 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.32.844.jpg) Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Accession Number: 32.844