Peasant Digging

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Maker: Jean François Millet, French, 1814-1875
Date: 1863
Medium: Woodcut from a partially inked block on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 10.3 × 8.7 cm (4 1/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Block: 14.2 × 10.5 cm (5 5/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 × 15.3 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Alice H. Brown in memory of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

Just a moment

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Maker: Jean François Millet, French, 1814-1875
Date: 1863
Medium: Woodcut from a partially inked block on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 10.3 × 8.7 cm (4 1/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Block: 14.2 × 10.5 cm (5 5/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 × 15.3 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Alice H. Brown in memory of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0