Painting Title
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 1979, "The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979. 1984, "Woman: February 21-April 22, 1984," Evanston, IL: Terra Museum of American Art, 2006, "American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 795. Illustration plate 123. 2021, October 6, Man who gave Brooklyn Museum restricted gifts in 1930s leaves no heirs, so Surrogate Court to decide outcome This website & its contents are for informational purposes only.No representation is made as to value, validity or authenticity of any artwork on the site. FrancisDavisMillet.org©
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
