Peasant with Wheelbarrow

Jean-François Milletca. 1855-1865

Details

Title: Peasant with Wheelbarrow
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: ca. 1855-1865
Subject Keywords: agriculture, labor, peasants, wheelbarrows
Signatures / Inscriptions: Millet sale stamp, lower right: “J.F.M.”
Object Type: Drawings, 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: Brush drawing in faded sepia on laid paper mounted down on heavyweight paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: 1875
Bibliography: R.L. Herbert letter 2/26/76:" Late 1850s-early 60s; seems not to be related to any one composition." See "Le Matin du village" oil; "Le Paysan rentrant du fumier", etch., D.11 1855.
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.143

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