The Sower (Le Semeur)

Jean-François Millet1851-1879

Details

Title: The Sower (Le Semeur)
Creator: Jean-François Millet
Date Created: 1851-1879
Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned
Print State: Third of three 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: Lithograph on chine colle
Keywords: agriculture, France, genre, labor
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: According to Ester Tyson, not 1889 printing of cc. 25 none Hezord, 1921?
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 191 mm x 158 mm (7.52 in. x 6.22 in.). Sheet dimensions: 365 mm x 270 mm (14.37 in. x 10.63 in.).
Bibliography: Melot 22 iii/iii; Delteil 22 ii/ii; LeBrun 23
Associated People: Created by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.131

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