Provenance

Charles-Xavier Thomas, known as Thomas de Colmar; Louis Nicolas André Thomas, Duke of Bojano; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16–17 April 1875; [?] Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, no. 34873 [gallery label on the reverse]; purchased from Ms. d'Ur by Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, 22 January 1901, stock no. 2857, photo 1767; purchased from the above by Henry Osborne Havemeyer, New York, 17 June 1901; bought back from the above by Galarie Durand-Ruel, New York, 7 February 1903, who sold to Felix Isman, 13 February 1906; his sale, American Art Association, 3 February 1911, lot 25, where repurchased by Galerie Durand-Ruel; his stock at least until 1921; purchased from the above by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 31 December 1921 [see records in the Durand-Ruel & Cie Archives, Paris]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.

Exhibition History

1947

De David à Cézanne, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussel, 0 November 1947 - 0 January 1948, cat. no. 63, pl. 34, repr.

1960

The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 62

1963

The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, 5 October 1963 - 20 October 1963, P-203

1963

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume, 26 October 1963 - 10 November 1963, P-203

1964

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido Prefecture, 22 August 1964 - 13 September 1964, cat. no. 4

1965

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, 22 September 1965 - 10 October 1965, cat. no. 7

1965

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, 20 October 1965 - 7 November 1965, cat. no. 7

1966

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Wakayama, 15 October 1966 - 4 November 1966, cat. no. 6

1966

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 12 November 1966 - 27 November 1966, cat. no. 6

1967

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Kagoshima Municipal Museum of Art, 28 April 1967 - 21 May 1967, cat. no. 6

1968

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Niigata Prefectural Museum, Niigata, 14 July 1968 - 4 August 1968, cat. no. 7

1968

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art, Hiroshima, 26 October 1968 - 17 November 1968, cat. no. 7

1969

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Ibaraki Prefecture, Mito, 22 November 1969 - 21 December 1969, cat. no. 6

1970

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, 18 October 1970 - 15 November 1970, cat. no. 39

1971

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Toyama Prefectural Center, Museum of Art, Toyama, 2 October 1971 - 24 October 1971, cat. no. 36

1972

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Shinano Museum of Art of Nagano Prefecture, Nagano, 12 October 1972 - 5 November 1972, cat. no. 38

1973

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Kochi Prefecture, Kochi, 28 October 1973 - 25 November 1973, cat. no. 40

1974

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, 13 October 1974 - 10 November 1974, cat. no. 39

1974

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Saga Prefectural Museum, Saga, 16 November 1974 - 1 December 1974, cat. no. 39

1975

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Yamagata Museum, Yamagata, 1 November 1975 - 30 November 1975, cat. no. 39

1976

Millet, Corot, Courbet et l'École de Barbizon, Musée Départemental d'Art Tochigi, Utsunomiya, 0  1976 - 0  1976, cat. no. 52, col. repr.

1976

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, 9 October 1976 - 7 November 1976, cat. no. 7

1977

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nara Prefectural Museum, Nara, 15 October 1977 - 13 November 1977, cat. no. 4

1978

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces from the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 20 December 1978 - 31 January 1979, cat. no. 5

1979

Jean-François Millet et l'École de Barbizon, Musée Départemental d'Art Yamanashi, Kofu, 13 October 1979 - 23 November 1979, cat. no. 51, col. repr.

1991

Jean François Millet, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 10 August 1991 - 23 September 1991, Kyoto Munisipal Museum of Art, 3 October -27 October 1991; Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 3 November-8 December 1991, cat. no. 39, repr.

1997

Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 11

1997

[Exhibition for Children] Every Picture Tells a Story, Tokyo National Museum, 1 July 1997 - 31 August 1997

2014

Amitié et Amour à travers l'Œuvre de Millet, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, 19 July 2014 - 31 August 2014, Fuchu Art Museum, Fuchu, 10 September-23 October; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, 1 November-14 December, cat. no. 78, col. repr.

2019

The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 94, col. repr.

2022

Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus, Museum Folkwang, 6 February 2022 - 15 May 2022

2022

In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 77

Bibliography

1881

Sensier, A. La vie et l'œuvre de Jean-François Millet. Paris, 1881, pp. 286-287.

1900

Soullié, L. Peintures, aquarelles, pastels, dessins de Jean-François Millet relevés dans les catalogues de ventes de 1849 à 1900. Paris, 1900, p. 65.

1902

Cartwright, J. Jean-François Millet. New York, 1902, p. 267.

1921

Moreau-Nélaton, E. Millet raconté par lui-même. tome 2, Paris, 1921, p. 156, fig. 195.

1955

La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 32, repr.

1961

Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-203.

1971

Les cent chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 44, repr.

1973

Sasaki, H. Corot, Millet, Courbet. Tokyo, 1973, no. 39, repr, p. 130.

1975

Jean-François Millet (exh. cat.). Paris, Grand Palais, 1975, p. 207, mentioned under cat. no. 165.

1975

Les cent chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 22, repr.

1978

Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 29, repr.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 185, repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1043.

1991

Jean-François Millet (exh. cat.). Ide, Yoichiro. [Tokyo]. Nippon Television Network, 1991, pp. 38-39, 102-103, 186, 230, 235, cat. no. 39, col. repr.

2006

Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 61, col. repr.

2009

Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 61, col. repr.

2013

Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 77, col. repr.

2014

Amitié et Amour à travers l’Œuvre de Millet. [Tokyo], White International Relations Co., Ltd., c2014, cat. no. 78, col. repr.

2018

The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 756, col. repr.

2019

The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of the Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2019, pp. 180, 182-183, 364-365, cat. no. 94, col. repr.

2022

In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 156, 261, cat. no. 77, col. repr.

2022

Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus (exh.cat.). Engel, Nadine; Herlemann, Rebecca, eds. Berlin, Hatje Cantz, [2022], pp. 309, 366, col. repr.

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