Woman Emptying a Pail

Provenance

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

Woman Emptying a Pail

Jean François Millet

1856/1857

Accession Number

82483

Medium

Black crayon, over red chalk, on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan)

Dimensions

26.1 × 17.3 cm (10 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Classification

crayon

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter