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An image of The woolcomber by Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

(France 1814–1875)

Title
The woolcomber
Other titles:
Woman carding wool
Alternative title:
La cardeuse
Year
(late 1850s)
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching
Dimensions

25.7 x 17.6cm platemark; 30.3 x 21.6cm sheet

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1990
Accession number
468.1990
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Everyday life: prints drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European art, Sydney, 1994, (illus.). cat.no. 92

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Forest and field: from Claude to the Barbizon School, Domain, 1995, 7.

Exhibition history (5)

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Oct 1994–27 Nov 1994.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, 04 Mar 1995–01 Apr 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, 03 May 1995–03 Jun 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, 22 Jun 1995–30 Jul 1995.

Forest and field: from Claude to the Barbizon School, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Jul 1995–17 Sep 1995.