Peasant with a Wheelbarrow (Le Paysan Rentrant du Fermier)

Jean-François Milletca. 1857-1858

Details

Title: Peasant with a Wheelbarrow (Le Paysan Rentrant du Fermier)
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: ca. 1857-1858
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “J.F. Millet”; inscribed in unknown hand in lower margin: “Millet, 1855, First state, before the address of Delâtre. extremely rare. LeBrun No. 12”
Print State: First of four states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Materials & Techniques: Etching printed in brown ink on chine collé
Keywords: agriculture, France, genre, labor, peasants, wheelbarrows
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 166 mm x 134 mm (6.54 in. x 5.28 in.). Sheet dimensions: 442 mm x 340 mm (17.4 in. x 13.39 in.).
Bibliography: Melot 11; Delteil 11; LeBrun 12
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.119

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