Black chalk on buff wove paper. 535x347 mm; 21 1/4x13 3/4 inches. Initialed in chalk, lower left recto.
Provenance: Private collection, Brittany, France; sold Dupont & Associes, Saint-Martin-des-Champs, France; private collection, New York.
Millet (1851-1917) was the eldest son of the celebrated Barbizon school artist Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) and a gifted artist himself. Like his father, François's work focused on everyday scenes of the people and landscapes of his native northern France.
