Man with a Spade
Jean-François Millet
ca. 1855–58
Medium
Conté crayon on laid paper
Dimensions
15 7/8 x 11 in. (40.3 x 27.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miss Mary W. Tweed, 1929
Accession Number
29.93.4
Tags
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About the Artist
Jean-François Millet · 1814–1875
Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school, whose dignified depictions of peasant laborers transformed how art could represent rural life. His monumental images of sowers, gleaners, and field workers elevated common people to subjects previously reserved for mythological or historical figures, making him a pivotal figure in the development ...