Jun 12, 2014 - Sale 2354

Sale 2354 - Lot 20

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET
A Roman Patrician.

Oil on canvas, 1882. 300x165 mm; 11 7/8x6 1/2 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed in oil, lower right recto.

Millet (1848-1912) worked closely with John La Farge and John Singer Sargent, and was a close friend of Mark Twain, who was the best man at his wedding. Millet died in the sinking of the Titanic.