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Benjamin-August-Louis Damman

La Bergerie (The Knitting Shepherdess),

Maker

  • Georges Petit
  • Jean-François Millet
  • Benjamin-August-Louis Damman

Title

La Bergerie (The Knitting Shepherdess)

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Techniques

  • 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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

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

Object Number

45.113.84

La Bergerie (The Knitting Shepherdess)

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"

Beraldi no. 3
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