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The Diggers by Jean-François Millet

The Diggers

Jean-François Millet · 1814

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Artist
Jean-François Millet
Date
1814
Medium
Etching on thin laid paper; fourth (final) state
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
plate: 10 3/16 x 13 3/16 in. (25.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of David Keppel, 1917
ART MOVEMENTS
Barbizon schoolNaturalismRealism
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Jean-François Millet

1814–1875 · France

Jean-François Millet was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. Toward the end of his career, he became increasingly interested in painting pure landscapes. He is known best for his oil paintings but is also noted for his pastels, Conté crayon drawings, and etchings.

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The Estuary Farm Same movement · Barbizon school The Estuary Farm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1831 · Art Institute of Chicago The Third of May 1808 Same era · 1790s–1820s The Third of May 1808 Francisco Goya · 1814 · Museo del Prado Portrait of a Woman, Called Héloïse Abélard Same movement · Naturalism Portrait of a Woman, Called Héloïse Abélard Gustave Courbet · 1850 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps Same era · 1790s–1820s Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps J. M. W. Turner · 1812 · National Gallery Souvenir of Tuscany Same movement · Naturalism Souvenir of Tuscany Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1845 · Art Institute of Chicago Wanderer above the Sea of Fog Same era · 1790s–1820s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich · 1818 · Hamburger Kunsthalle C'est peut-être bon...mais c'est égal..., from Les Hippophages, published in Le Charivari, October 23, 1856 Same movement · Naturalism C'est peut-être bon...mais c'est égal..., from Les Hippophages, published in Le Charivari, October 23, 1856 Honoré Daumier · 1856 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Male Academy Figure: Half-Length, Side View Same era · 1790s–1820s Male Academy Figure: Half-Length, Side View Eugène Delacroix · 1819 · Karen B. Cohen Collection
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