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Jean François Millet, Sleeping Peasant

Sleeping Peasant

Jean François Millet · c. 1865 · Art Institute of Chicago

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Maker: Jean François Millet, French, 1814-1875
Date: c. 1865
Medium: Charcoal, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 11.8 × 21.5 cm (4 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter

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