The Shepherdess / Jean-François Millet

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Accession Number: 1955/1.106
Title: The Shepherdess
Artist: Jean-François Millet
Artist Nationality: French
Artist Life Dates: 1814-1875
Medium and Support: black chalk on off-white wove paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1857
Object Creation Place: Europe (continent); France (nation)
Creation Place 1: Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2: France (nation)
Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Inscription: Signed, l.r.: J.F. Millet
Dimensions: 30.7 cm x 38.4 cm (12 1/16 in. x 15 1/8 in.)
Century: 19th century
Primary Object Classification: Drawing
Primary Keywords: hills; sheep; staff; standing; trees; workers
Secondary Keywords: animals; figures; geography; mammals; objects; people and occupations; plants; sketches; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1061 x 853
File Size: 109 KB
Record: 1955/1.106
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1955-sl-1.106/1955_1.106.jpg

In public portfolios: Poverty (99); Social justice (347); Social justice and art in the 19th century (72); Work and workers (328)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1955-SL-1.106:1955_1.106.JPG

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Full citation: "The Shepherdess; Jean-François Millet." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1955-sl-1.106/1955_1.106.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.