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Title
The woolcomber
(late 1850s)
Artist
Jean-François Millet
France
1814 - 1875
Details
Other Title
Woman carding wool
Alternative title
La cardeuse
Date
(late 1850s)
Materials used
etching
Dimensions
25.7 x 17.6 cm platemark; 30.3 x 21.6 cm sheet
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1990
Location
Not on display
Accession number
468.1990
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Jean-François Millet
The woolcomber
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 01 Oct 1994–27 Nov 1994
- Goulburn Regional Art Gallery 04 Mar 1995–01 Apr 1995
- Griffith Regional Art Gallery 03 May 1995–03 Jun 1995
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia 22 Jun 1995–30 Jul 1995
Forest and field: from Claude to the Barbizon School, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Jul 1995–17 Sep 1995
European prints and drawings 1500-1900, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Aug 2014–02 Nov 2014
Referenced in 2 publications
Bibliography
Renée Free, Forest and field: from Claude to the Barbizon School, Sydney, 1995, 7.
Hendrik Kolenberg, Everyday life: prints drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European art, Sydney, 1994, (illus.). cat.no. 92