The Sick Child
Medium
black crayon; framing lines in black crayon
Dimensions
image: 32.9 × 24.9 cm · sheet: 40.4 × 32.1 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
Accession Number
1998.300
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
Jean-François Millet’s paintings of French rural life, especially those of peasants and farmers in their working environment, redefined the imagery of everyday life in the nineteenth century. Large-scale paintings such as The Gleaners (1857) presented the poorest of laborers with a dignity and nobility informed by classical traditions in French painting. At the same time he was working on major paintings for public exhibitions, Millet was also making smaller-scale drawings. Since drawings were l...