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The Gleaners (Les Glaneuses)
Jean-François Milletca. 1855-1856
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The Gleaners (Les Glaneuses)
- Creator: Jean-François Millet
- Date Created: ca. 1855-1856
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned
- Print State: Second 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), 1946
- Materials & Techniques: Etching printed in brown ink on Asian laid paper
- Keywords: agriculture, France, genre, labor, print states
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Because “Auguste” is either worn, erased, or not in Delâtre’s name, this impression may be a copy (L.W., 1984)
- Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 190 mm x 254 mm (7.48 in. x 10 in.). Sheet dimensions: 229 mm x 310 mm (9.02 in. x 12.2 in.).
- Bibliography: Melot 12; Loys Delteil 12; LeBrun 13
- Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
- Accession Number: 1946.D1.128
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