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Benjamin-August-Louis Damman

La Bergerie (The Knitting Shepherdess)

Maker

Benjamin-August-Louis Damman (French, b. 1835)
After Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), designer
Georges Petit, publisher

Title

La Bergerie (The Knitting Shepherdess)

Year

1885

Medium

  • etching

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Vellum

Dimensions

44.4 x 53.3 cm (17 1/2 x 21 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered UR: "Publie' par Georges Petit....1885"; and LR: "J. F. Millet"

Inscribed in graphite, LR: "Ben Damman"

Blind-stamped with the mark of The Printsellers' Association (Lugt 2050) with the letters "HO"

Verso: stamped in violet ink: "Et. 16540"

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Beraldi no. 3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.84

Type

  • Prints

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Benjamin-August-Louis Damman (French, b. 1835)
After Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), designer
Georges Petit, publisher
La Bergerie (The Knitting Shepherdess), 1885
etching
44.4 x 53.3 cm (17 1/2 x 21 inches) (plate)
Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith 45.113.84

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