The Raker
Medium
Woodcut on chine collé
Dimensions
block: 5 5/16 x 2 15/16 in. (13.5 x 7.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.81.2(34)
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About this artwork
This The Raker by Jean-François Millet|Jacques-Adrien Lavieille dating to 1853 exemplifies the period. Created in woodcut on chine collé, the work demonstrates technical mastery of materials and processes characteristic of the era. As part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints, this piece contributes to our understanding of historical artistic production. Prints from this period served diverse functions—artistic expression, documentation, commercial distribution, and cultural c...
About the Artist
Jean-François Millet|Jacques-Adrien Lavieille · 1814–1875
Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school, whose dignified depictions of peasant laborers transformed how art could represent rural life. His monumental images of sowers, gleaners, and field workers elevated common people to subjects previously reserved for mythological or historical figures, making him a pivotal figure in the development ...