Shepherdess Leaning Against a Tree

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Jean François Millet / French, 1814-1875
Date: 1857–60
Medium: Black chalk, with charcoal, and stumping, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 34.2 × 20.4 cm (13 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: crayon
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Friends of American Art Collection
Accession no.: 1922.5562

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