Jean Francois Millet Etching "A Woman Sewing"

Item Details

Jean Francois Millet (French; 1814-1875)
A Woman Sewing
Etching on paper
Unsigned

Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
A Woman Sewing, c. 1855
Etching on paper, third of three states
Unsigned

An etching titled A Woman Sewing by well-listed French artist Jean François Millet, circa 1855. The genre work depicts a peasant woman seated on a chair, sewing a garment adjacent to a window in an interior setting. The piece is unmarked and unsigned. It is presented matted and framed under glass.

Millet is a Realist artist well-known as one of the founders of the Barbizon School. His work studies the everyday life of peasants and the working class, as well as pastoral landscape. Millet’s work is found in collections and institutions around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Art.

Condition

- foxing to surface of print; minor loss of finish to surface of frame.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; visible plate measures 3" W x 4.25" H.

Item #

18WDC115-118