Artworks · Jean-François Millet

Woman with a Rake

1856 · Oil on canvas

15 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. (39.7 x 34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shepherdess Seated on a Rock

1856 · Oil on wood

14 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (35.9 x 28.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman with a Rake

1856 · Oil on canvas

15 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. (39.7 x 34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Diggers (Les Becheurs)

1855 · etching on Japan paper

sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (27.31 × 39.37 cm) plate: 23.8 × 33.9 cm (9 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Churner (La Baratteuse)

1855 · etching on laid paper

plate: 17.9 × 11.8 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 22.2 × 15.2 cm (8 3/4 × 6 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Gleaners (Les Glanenses)

1855 · etching on laid paper

plate: 18.9 × 25.3 cm (7 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.) sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 1/8 in. (21.59 × 30.8 cm)

National Gallery of Art

Shepherd Returning with His Flock

1855 · conté crayon and pastel

Unframed: 12 x 15 3/4 in. (30.5 x 40 cm)

National Gallery of Art

Man with Wheelbarrow (Le paysan rentrant du fumier)

1855 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Sleeping Peasant

1855 · Charcoal, on ivory laid paper

11.8 × 21.5 cm (4 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peasant with a Wheelbarrow

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.5 × 13.2 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 18.9 × 15.4 cm (7 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 36.7 × 30.2 cm (14 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gleaners

1855 · Etching on paper

Image/plate: 19.3 × 25.7 cm (7 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 22.4 × 28.4 cm (8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gleaners

1855 · Etching and drypoint on tan laid China paper

Image: 18.8 × 25 cm (7 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 19.2 × 25.6 cm (7 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 25.3 × 30.5 cm (10 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Men Digging

1855 · Etching on ivory wove China paper hinged to cream card

Image: 23.7 × 33.7 cm (9 3/8 × 13 5/16 in.); Plate: 23.7 × 33.7 cm (9 3/8 × 13 5/16 in.); Primary support: 30.1 × 41.2 cm (11 7/8 × 16 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Men Digging

1855 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 23 × 33 cm (9 1/16 × 13 in.); Sheet: 27.6 × 42.7 cm (10 7/8 × 16 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Men Digging

1855 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 23.7 × 33.7 cm (9 3/8 × 13 5/16 in.); Plate: 23.9 × 33.8 cm (9 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 43.1 cm (11 1/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Men Digging

1855 · Etching on cream laid Japanese vellum hinged to ivory card

Image: 22.3 × 32.7 cm (8 13/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Plate: 23.9 × 34 cm (9 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Primary support: 36 × 45 cm (14 3/16 × 17 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 40.7 × 49.4 cm (16 1/16 × 19 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Girl Minding Geese

1855 · Drypoint on ivory laid China paper

Image: 14.3 × 12.1 cm (5 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 23.3 × 17 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gleaners

1855 · Etching and drypoint on tan laid paper

Image: 19 × 25.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 in.); Sheet: 29.9 × 37.1 cm (11 13/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peasant with a Wheelbarrow

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove China paper hinged on two sides to cream wove card

Image: 16.5 × 13.4 cm (6 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.); Primary support: 25.3 × 18.8 cm (10 × 7 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 33 × 25.4 cm (13 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peasant with a Wheelbarrow

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 16.5 × 13.3 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.9 × 24.5 cm (13 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peasant with a Wheelbarrow

1855 · Etching and drypoint in dark brown on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.8 × 13.5 cm (6 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 27.9 × 22.7 cm (11 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gleaners

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper hinged to cream card

Image: 19.1 × 25.4 cm (7 9/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 19.1 × 25.4 cm (7 9/16 × 10 in.); Primary support: 23.5 × 33.6 cm (9 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 29.1 × 38.8 cm (11 1/2 × 15 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman Churning

1855 · Etching and drypoint on off-white wove China paper

Image: 17.9 × 11.8 cm (7 1/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 11.8 cm (7 1/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 18.4 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman Churning

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.9 × 10.8 cm (6 11/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 11.9 cm (7 1/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 22.9 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman Sewing

1855 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 10.5 × 7.4 cm (4 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 13.1 cm (6 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman Sewing

1855 · Etching in bistre ink on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 10.9 × 7.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 in.); Sheet: 11.9 × 9.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peasant Resting

1855 · Etching, with graphite additions and graphite sketch on verso, on ivory wove paper

Image: 4.3 × 6.9 cm (1 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.); Image, verso: 4.3 × 6.9 cm (1 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.); Sheet: 4.3 × 6.9 cm (1 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketches of Three Subjects

1855 · Etching, drypoint, roulette and foul-biting on ivory laid China paper

Image/plate: 9.2 × 15.3 cm (3 5/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 22 × 32.8 cm (8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Wool-Carder

1855 · Etching on bluish-green laid paper hinged on left side to ivory card

Image: 25.6 × 17.4 cm (10 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.); Primary support: 29.6 × 20.6 cm (11 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 35.5 × 25.3 cm (14 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gleaners

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 19 × 25.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 19.5 × 26 cm (7 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Primary support: 19 × 25.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 28.3 × 34.9 cm (11 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Girl Minding Geese

1855 · Drypoint in brown ink on ivory wove China paper

Image: 14.3 × 12.1 cm (5 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 20.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Wool-Carder

1855 · Etching on cream laid paper

Image: 24.8 × 16.8 cm (9 13/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Plate: 25.7 × 17.6 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 41.2 × 30.3 cm (16 1/4 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Men Digging

1855 · Etching in dark brown ink on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 23.7 × 33.7 cm (9 3/8 × 13 5/16 in.); Sheet: 35.4 × 46.8 cm (13 15/16 × 18 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gleaners

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory chine laid down on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 19.1 × 25.4 cm (7 9/16 × 10 in.); Primary support: 18.9 × 25.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 in.); Secondary support: 33 × 42.8 cm (13 × 16 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peasant with a Wheelbarrow

1855 · Etching and drypoint on cream Japanese paper

Image/plate: 16.5 × 13.3 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 24.8 cm (13 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman Churning

1855 · Etching and drypoint in dark brown on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 17.8 × 11.7 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 33.6 × 25 cm (13 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Wool Carder

1855 · Etching on laid paper; only state

plate: 10 1/16 x 6 13/16 in. (25.6 x 17.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Churning Butter

1855 · Etching on chine collé; third (final) state

plate: 7 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18.2 x 12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peasant Pushing a Wheelbarrow

1855 · Etching printed in brown/black ink on chine collé; second state of four

plate: 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (16.5 x 13.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sewer

1855 · Etching in brown/black ink on laid paper; third state of three

plate: 4 3/16 x 2 7/8 in. (10.6 x 7.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peasant Pushing A Wheelbarrow

1855 · Etching printed in brown/black ink on chine collé; first state of four

plate: 6 7/16 x 5 1/4 in. (16.4 x 13.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peasant Returning from the Manure Heap

1855 · etching

Plate: 16.2 x 13.2 cm (6 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Costume Studies

1854 · black crayon on brown wove paper

sheet: 28.8 x 34.7 cm (11 5/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Garden Scene

1854 · Oil on canvas

6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (17.1 x 21.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Shepherdess and Her Flock in the Shade of Trees

1854 · Conté crayon and pastel on laid paper

14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (37.4 x 27.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman with a Churn

1854 · Conté crayon on wove paper

11 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (28.6 x 18.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First Steps

1854 · black chalk and pastel on beige laid paper

Sheet: 29.5 x 45.9 cm (11 5/8 x 18 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 36 x 50.9 cm (14 3/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Woodchopper

1853 · Oil on canvas

81 × 65 cm (31 7/8 × 25 9/16 in.); Framed: 99.1 × 83.8 cm (39 × 33 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago