Félix Bracquemond and Jean-François Millet
Le Paysan à la houe
1881
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 318 x 420 mm. (12 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.)
Plate: 235 x 283 mm. (9 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.4786
After Millet's painting, Le Paysan à la houe, 1860-1862 (Getty Museum). Reduced plate after Bracquemond's etching of 1882 and published in the book "Albert Wolff, Cent chefs-d'oeuvre des collections parisiennes (Paris: Galerie Georges Petit, 1883)"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Joanna Karlgaard and Robin Owen Joyce, BMA, "Deconstructing Nature: Environmental Transformation in the Lucas Collection," August 27, 2025 - January 11, 2026.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower right "Bracquemond" Inscribed in pencil: lower left, in unknown hand "Millet - L'Homme à la Houe"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
