Sketches, Fragment: Peasant Seated at the Foot of a Tree

1863·Woodcut fragment from a partially inked block and drawing in charcoal on tan wove China paper and fragment of woodcut in dark brown ink on verso·Image, recto: 7.2 × 4.7 cm (2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.); Image, verso: 4.7 × 4.7 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.); Sheet: 7.5 × 4.7 cm (3 × 1 7/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1863
Medium: Woodcut fragment from a partially inked block and drawing in charcoal on tan wove China paper and fragment of woodcut in dark brown ink on verso
Dimensions: Image, recto: 7.2 × 4.7 cm (2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.); Image, verso: 4.7 × 4.7 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.); Sheet: 7.5 × 4.7 cm (3 × 1 7/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jean-François Millet

Artist

Jean-François Millet

Painting

Jean-François Millet was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. Toward the end of his career, he became increasingly interested in painting pure landscapes. He is known best for his oil paintings but is also noted for his pastels, Conté crayon drawings, and etchings.

Gruchy, France

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