Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
71.1.8
L'homme appuyé sur sa bêche, ou Bêcheur au repos
Ink
Cliché verre etching
Prints
9 in W
x
12.5 in H
(Paper)
French
Based on a drawing by Jean-François Millet
"The man with the spade is a motif common to the art of Millet after the artist settled in Barbizon in 1848. Many versions of this particular theme of peasant life appear in Millet's drawing and prints, culminating in "L'homme à la houe", a major painting of c. 1860. Such images reflect Millet's romantic interest in the life of the peasant as he turned in the late 1840s from his earlier representation of religious and classical themes." W.H.
In Collection
Ex. Coll.: George Binet Print Collection
Delteil, 34.
Melot, 1978, M.
[original drawing] S. van Heugten, "Avant-gardes, 1870 to the Present, the Collection of the Triton Foundation", Bruxelles, 2012, p. 554 (ill. p. 61).
[original drawing] La Haye, Gemeentemuseum, "The Outdoor Life, Nineteenth-century French landscapes from the Triton Foundation", juillet-octobre 2005, p. 17 (ill).
Melot, 1978, M.
[original drawing] S. van Heugten, "Avant-gardes, 1870 to the Present, the Collection of the Triton Foundation", Bruxelles, 2012, p. 554 (ill. p. 61).
[original drawing] La Haye, Gemeentemuseum, "The Outdoor Life, Nineteenth-century French landscapes from the Triton Foundation", juillet-octobre 2005, p. 17 (ill).
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