The Gleaners (Les Glaneuses)

Jean-François Milletca. 1855-1856

Details

Title: The Gleaners (Les Glaneuses)
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: ca. 1855-1856
Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned; signed in pencil, verso: “G.W. Davison” [collector and donor George W. Davison]; inscribed in pencil (by George W. Davison?) ON verso, lower left: “First state, before the address of Delâtre the printer. ‘Extremely rare’”
Print State: First of two 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
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 189 mm x 252 mm (7.44 in. x 9.92 in.). Sheet dimensions: 356 mm x 539 mm (14.02 in. x 21.22 in.).
Bibliography: Melot 12; Delteil 12; LeBrun 13
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.120

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