The Woodchopper

Provenance

Estate of the artist [Lugt 1460]. Emile Joseph-Rignault (born 1874), Paris [Lugt 2218]. Given by Galerie Chalette to the Art Institute, 1956.

The Woodchopper

Jean François Millet

c. 1848–1850

Accession Number

2845

Medium

Black chalk, on gray laid paper with blue and red fibers

Dimensions

29.5 × 21.2 cm (11 5/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Galerie Chalette