Francis Davis Millet's A Difficult Duet   
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A Difficult Duet
Frank Millet 1846-1912, American artist
1886
Owner?
Oil on canvas
Jpg: CGFA
 
Music was so much apart of the Millet home, especially when John Singer Sargent and Alma Strettell were there in 1886.

John Singer Sargent
 
Alma Strettell 
1889 

And it might have been songs written in the late 18th, early 19th century such as "Ye Shepherds Tell Me" by Joseph Mazzinghi played in their house which inspired paintings such as this.


 
 
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By:  Natasha Wallace
Copyright 1998-2003 all rights reserved
Created  10/28/2003
Updated 10/28/2003