Jean-François Millet
Le Cardeuse (Woman Carding Wool)

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Cardeuse (Woman Carding Wool)
Date1856
Published inFrance
Printed inFrance
MediumEtching on beige Japanese paper, state I/I
DimensionsPlate: 10 1/8 × 6 13/16 in. (25.7 × 17.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in. (35.9 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig Calvert
Object number2014.906
Non exposé

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Provenance[Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland, California, by 2004]; purchased by Craig Calvert, Cyprus, Texas, 2004-September 2014; given to MFAH, 2014.
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Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 15; LeBrun 16

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uncropped recto of sheet
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Overall recto.
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cropped recto of sheet
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Etching
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uncropped recto of sheet
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Etching
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provided by lender
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