The Sower

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Maker: Jean François Millet, French, 1814-1875
Date: 1851
Medium: Lithograph with scraping on stone on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions: 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.)
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: 1851
Medium: Lithograph with scraping on stone on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions: 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.)
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