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Jean-François Millet

Returning from Market

Maker

Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)

Title

Returning from Market

Year

early 1850s

Medium

Charcoal and black chalk on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Charcoal and black chalk on laid paper

Materials

null

Supports

laid paper

Dimensions

14.6 x 15.2 cm (5 3/4 x 6 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped with the sale mark "J. F. M." (Sale: 1875; Lugt 1460)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

22.097

Type

Drawings and Watercolors

Publications

Books

Selection V: French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

French watercolors and drawings from the Museum's collection, ca. 1800-1910

Exhibition History

French Drawings in the Time of Degas

Aug 19, 2005 – Jan 22, 2006

Label copy

Millet was a member of the group of painters who worked from nature in and around the village of Barbizon, some 25 miles southwest of Paris on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau. They developed a new, naturalistic style of landscape painting in the 1830s and 1840s. These works were admired by collectors of the time, but Degas did not share this enthusiasm and collected only Millet’ s figure studies.

Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection

Jun 19, 1946 – Oct 27, 1946

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Tombstone

Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)

Returning from Market, early 1850s

Charcoal and black chalk on laid paper

14.6 x 15.2 cm (5 3/4 x 6 inches)

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 22.097

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