The Diggers (Les Becheurs)

1855

Jean-François Millet

Artist, French, 1814 - 1875

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

Jean-François Millet

Attributed to

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (27.31 × 39.37 cm)
    plate: 23.8 × 33.9 cm (9 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1565

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 13, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank Baker Bristow [1885 - 1968 ] Washington, D.C (Lugt 982a).; Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.; acquired by National Gallery, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy: no. 13, iv/iv

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Impr. par Aug Delâtre R. St. Jacque 171; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 68.2690

Markings

Frank Baker Bristow (Lugt 982a)

You may be interested in

Loading Results