Artworks · Jean-François Millet

Women Carrying Faggots

1853 · Charcoal heightened with white gouache, charcoal border, on heavy laid gray-blue paper

13 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (34.3 × 27.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Seamstress

1853 · Etching on chine collé; second state

plate: 4 1/8 x 2 15/16 in. (10.5 x 7.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodcutter Trimming Faggots

1853 · Conté crayon with stumping on beige laid paper

Overall: 15 x 11 3/4in. (38.1 x 29.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sower

1851 · Lithograph with scraping on stone on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 19.9 × 16.2 cm (7 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.); Primary support: 19.9 × 16.1 cm (7 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 35.8 × 27.7 cm (14 1/8 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Seamstress (La Couseuse)

1850 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 7 × 4 15/16 in. (17.78 × 12.54 cm) plate: 10.6 × 7.5 cm (4 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Wool Carder (La Cardeuse)

1850 · etching on laid paper

plate: 25.4 × 17.3 cm (10 × 6 13/16 in.) sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (31.75 × 22.23 cm)

National Gallery of Art

The Wool Carder (La cardeuse)

1850 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Woman Feeding Chickens

1850 · canvas

45.8 × 38.2 cm (18 1/4 × 15 in.); Framed: 57.2 × 49.6 × 5.8 cm (22 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Hanging Out Clothes

1850 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 9.2 × 10 cm (3 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 10.9 × 10.7 cm (4 5/16 × 4 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Wool Carder

1850 · Etching on laid paper; only state

plate: 10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (26.6 x 17.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Gleaners

1850 · Etching on chine collé; first state of two

7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.1 x 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sower

1850 · oil paint

image: 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (19.4 x 13.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man with a Spade

1850 · Conté crayon on laid paper

15 7/8 x 11 in. (40.3 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Sheep Grazing

1849 · Etching, drypoint and roulette on white laid paper

Image/plate: 4.8 × 11.9 cm (1 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 5.3 × 12.2 cm (2 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Sheep Grazing

1849 · Etching, drypoint and roulette on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 4.8 × 11.9 cm (1 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 19.4 × 27 cm (7 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Sheep Grazing

1849 · Etching, drypoint and roulette on ivory laid paper

Image: 4.7 × 11.9 cm (1 7/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 5.2 × 12.4 cm (2 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sheepshearing Beneath a Tree

1849 · Conté crayon with stumping, heightened with pen and brown ink and white gouache on wove paper

11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (29.5 x 22.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Woman Pasturing her Cow

1848 · Black chalk on buff wove paper, discolored to tan, laid down on cream wove paper

7.9 × 11.8 cm (3 1/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Figure

1848 · Black chalk on tan wove paper laid down on cream wove paper

9.1 × 4.8 cm (3 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Devil Sowing

1848 · Graphite on ivory laid paper, faded to cream

13.5 × 20.9 cm (5 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women Sewing by Lamplight

1848 · Zinc plate etching on thin laid paper backed with tissue; second (final) state

plate: 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (14.6 x 10.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Liberty

1848 · black chalk and pastel

Sheet: 47.2 x 31.7 cm (18 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

1848 · black chalk with heightening in pale green-blue chalk

Sheet: 61.4 x 48.7 cm (24 3/16 x 19 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Seaweed Gatherers

1847 · Etching, drypoint and roulette on ivory laid ledger paper, hand-ruled with reddish-brown ink

Image/plate: 9.9 × 12.4 cm (3 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.6 × 21.3 cm (6 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Vessel Under Sail

1847 · Etching in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 6.4 × 5.2 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in.); Sheet: 8.6 × 6.8 cm (3 7/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Vessel Under Sail

1847 · Etching in blue on ivory laid paper

Image: 7 × 6.2 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Sheet: 8.7 × 6.9 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Shepherdess with Her Flock

1847 · Conté crayon with stumping on laid paper

Overall: 13 x 18 1/2in. (33 x 47 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Bather

1846 · oil on wood

overall: 18.5 x 24.1 cm (7 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) framed: 32.9 x 38.7 x 5.4 cm (12 15/16 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Lovers

1846 · Black crayon on buff wove paper with blue fibers

35.2 × 22.3 cm (13 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Retreat from the Storm

1846 · Oil on canvas

18 1/4 x 15 in. (46.4 x 38.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Retreat from the Storm

1846 · Oil on canvas

18 1/4 x 15 in. (46.4 x 38.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Return from the Fields

1846 · oil on fabric

Framed: 68 x 60 x 10 cm (26 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 46.2 x 37.8 cm (18 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man

1845 · oil on canvas

overall: 40.6 x 32.3 cm (16 x 12 11/16 in.) framed: 55.9 x 47.3 x 4.9 cm (22 x 18 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Roadworkers at Lunch

1845 · Conté crayon with stumping, heightened with white gouache, on laid paper

10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (27.6 x 22.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sheet of Sketches: Standing Female Nude, Tree, Still Life, Fingers and Eye

1844 · Charcoal, on ivory wove paper

19.9 × 16.1 cm (7 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Woman

1844 · Oil on canvas

52.1 × 62.4 cm (20 1/2 × 24 1/2 in.); Framed: 66.7 × 79.1 × 7.7 cm (26 1/4 × 31 1/8 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Woman's Head

1843 · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue-gray wove paper laid down on cream wove paper

16.5 × 9.7 cm (6 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Where Can He Be?

1843 · Lithograph with scraping on stone on ivory wove paper with sheet music verso

17.7 × 15 cm (7 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Flax Pulling

1842 · Graphite, with black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

23 × 17.2 cm (9 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Various Sketches

1842 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid ledger paper, hand-ruled in reddish-brown ink

Image/plate: 19.1 × 11.9 cm (7 9/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 16.5 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Two Cows

1842 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 9.1 × 15.3 cm (3 5/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 14.2 × 22.7 cm (5 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Two Cows

1842 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 9.4 × 17.1 cm (3 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.); Plate: 12.1 × 20.1 cm (4 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 15.3 × 21.9 cm (6 1/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Two Cows

1842 · Etching and drypoint in reddish-brown ink on blue-green laid paper

Image: 9.1 × 15.2 cm (3 5/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 15.2 × 21.7 cm (6 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Two Cows

1842 · Etching, drypoint and roulette with foul biting on ivory laid paper

Image: 9.2 × 15.2 cm (3 5/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 30.5 cm (8 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Man Leaning on His Spade

1842 · Etching on ivory wove card

Image/plate: 8.6 × 6.9 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.); Sheet: 9.1 × 7.4 cm (3 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Leconte de Lisle

1840 · oil on canvas

overall: 117 x 81 cm (46 1/16 x 31 7/8 in.) framed: 135.9 x 99.7 cm (53 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Sketches of a Peasant, seen from Behind

1840 · Charcoal, on gray laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on tan wove paper

26.2 × 22.9 cm (10 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Young Man Seated, Bent over a Reclining Figure

1840 · Red chalk with stumping on laid paper

sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/16 in. (18.8 x 25.9 cm) (trimmed at top to form an arch)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art