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Artists›Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

1814–1875

WA-00015940

Gruchy, France

PaintingRealism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

216

Works in Collection

269

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80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ148458

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (216)

Cover

1901 · Linen and cotton, needle lace

110.2 × 111.4 cm (43 3/8 × 43 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Shepherd and His Flock

1875 · Pastel on papier bleuté

10 x 12 1/4 in. (25.4 x 31.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man Resting on a Spade

1874 · Woodcut; only state

block: 7 3/8 x 5 3/16 in. (18.8 x 13.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys

1872 · Oil on canvas

31 7/8 x 39 in. (81 x 99.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Calling the Cows Home

1872 · Oil on wood

37 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (94.6 x 64.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys

1872 · Oil on canvas

31 7/8 x 39 in. (81 x 99.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Calling the Cows Home

1872 · Oil on wood

37 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (94.6 x 64.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Keeper of the Flock

1871 · Oil on canvas

71.7 × 91.5 cm (28 × 36 in.); Framed: 105.5 × 125.1 × 14 cm (41 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Little Shepherdess

1870 · Oil on panel

35.7 × 25.5 cm (14 × 10 in.); Framed: 54.6 × 53.5 cm (21 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition de F. Millet (Composition by F. Millet)

1869 · etching in black on laid paper (facing _Composition de F. Millet_ by Albert Merat)

plate: 19.9 x 13 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.) page size: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape - Hillside in Gruchy, Normandy

1869 · Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

30.4 × 36.5 cm (12 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Haystacks: Autumn

1869 · Oil on canvas

33 1/2 x 43 3/8 in. (85.1 x 110.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Haystacks: Autumn

1869 · Oil on canvas

33 1/2 x 43 3/8 in. (85.1 x 110.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Spinner

1868 · Etching with traces of drypoint on ivory laid paper attached to cream wove card

Image/plate: 19.9 × 12.9 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Primary support: 29.9 × 22.6 cm (11 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 36.3 × 27.3 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Spinner

1868 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 19.9 × 12.9 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 34.8 × 25.6 cm (13 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Spinner

1868 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.1 × 12 cm (7 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 20 × 12.9 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.9 × 22.6 cm (12 9/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Spinner

1868 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 19.9 × 13 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 23.9 × 18.3 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Spinner

1868 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid Japanese paper

Image: 19.3 × 12.3 cm (7 5/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 13 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.8 × 16.3 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hamlet in a Wheat Field, Vichy

1867 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, and watercolor

Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 7/16 in. (20.6 × 26.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Cattle

1866 · Brush and blackish brown ink, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

10.9 × 15.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Geese in a Farmyard

1866 · Black crayon, on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on white laid paper

19.9 × 26 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Near Vichy

1866 · Watercolor and pen and brown iron gall ink over graphite on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream Japanese paper

10.9 × 16.1 cm (4 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Mill

1866 · Pastel with stumping, pen and black ink, and touches of black chalk, on cream wove paper, laid down on wood pulp board

39.8 × 48.2 cm (15 11/16 × 19 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Auvergne

1866 · oil paint

81.5 × 99.9 cm (32 1/16 × 39 1/4 in.); Framed: 117.5 × 136.9 × 21 cm (46 1/4 × 53 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

216 published of 267 catalogued · 219 with image

Art Institute Chicago
129 published129 img
The Met
56 published8 img
Nga
24 published24 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
+ 1 more source · 51 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

37 entries · 2 sources

The Sower
1850 · Met · 5 prov
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Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields
1864 · AIC · 5 prov
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Maternal Precaution
1857 · AIC · 5 prov
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In the Auvergne
1866 · AIC · 5 prov
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The Sheepshearers
1857 · AIC · 5 prov
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Woman Feeding Chickens
1850 · AIC · 4 prov
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Peasant Watering Her Cow
1863 · AIC · 3 prov
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The Little Shepherdess
1870 · AIC · 3 prov
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The Sick Child
1858 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portrait of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
1848 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Met Museum

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Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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National Gallery of Art

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