Jean-François Millet
Les Bêcheurs (The Diggers)

ArtistFrench, 1814–1875
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Les Bêcheurs (The Diggers)
Datec. 1855
PlaceFrance
MediumEtching on Japanese paper, state IV
DimensionsSheet (no visible plate mark): 9 1/16 × 12 13/16 in. (23 × 32.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number39.81
Not on view

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Provenance[Hans Goltz Galerie, Munich]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1929-September 1, 1939; given to MFAH, 1939.
Exhibition History
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: in plate at bottom right: Paris Imp Aug Delâtre R St Jacque 171 [Cursive]
No visible watermark
Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 13/IV

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