Two Sketches of a Peasant, seen from Behind

Provenance

Estate of the artist, [Lugt 1460]. Given by Mrs. John Alden Carpenter (née Ellen Waller Borden), Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1954.

Two Sketches of a Peasant, seen from Behind

Jean François Millet

1850/1852

Accession Number

82493

Medium

Charcoal, on gray laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on tan wove paper

Dimensions

26.2 × 22.9 cm (10 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

Classification

charcoal

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter