Shepherdess Knitting (La Grande Bergère)

Jean-François Millet1862

Details

Title: Shepherdess Knitting (La Grande Bergère)
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: 1862
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “J.F. Millet”
Print State: Only state
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 laid paper
Keywords: animals, France, genre, herders, labor, sheep, shepherds
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 320 mm x 238 mm (12.6 in. x 9.37 in.). Sheet dimensions: 433 mm x 350 mm (17.05 in. x 13.78 in.).
Bibliography: Melot 18; Delteil 18; LeBrun 19
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.127

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