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The Wool Carder (La cardeuse)
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| Artist / Maker | Jean-François Millet |
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| Date | c. 1855 |
| Culture / Origin | French |
| Medium | etching |
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About the Artist
Son of a wealthy farmer, Jean-François Millet studied with a portrait painter from Cherbourg, Bon du Mouchel (1807-1846), himself a student of David (q.v.). Mouchel required his young apprentice to copy paintings in the museum in Cherbourg, where Millet had been sent to enter the studio of Lucien-Théophile Langlois (1803-1845), a former student of Gros (q.v.). Millet received a stipend from the city to move to Paris in 1837, enrolling in the École des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Delaroche… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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