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Le Paysan rentrant du fumier (Man with a Wheelbarrow or Peasant Returning from the Dung Heap) / Jean-François Millet
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.32
- Title
- Le Paysan rentrant du fumier (Man with a Wheelbarrow or Peasant Returning from the Dung Heap)
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1814-1875
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1855-1856
- Object Creation Place
- Europe
- French
- Barbizon
- Creation Place 1
- Europe
- Creation Place 2
- French
- Creation Place 4
- Barbizon
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Russell
- Inscription
- Signed, in plate, l.r.: J.F. Millet
- Dimensions
- 21.8 cm x 16.7 cm (8 9/16 in. x 6 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th Century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Type
- etching and drypoint
- Subject Matter
- For Jean-François Millet, the integrity of honest peasant work was a central aspect of his work. The scene also recalls the poverty of rural life.
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- dung
- farmers
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- man
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- service and utility vehicles
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1996 x 2980
- File Size
- 791 KB
- Record
- 1968/2.32
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"Le Paysan rentrant du fumier (Man with a Wheelbarrow or Peasant Returning from the Dung Heap); Jean-François Millet." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-2.32/1968_2.32.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024.
