Lot #504: JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET - Paysanne avec des paniers - Pencil on paper

 

Artist: Jean-Francois Millet (French, 1814 - 1875).
Title: "Paysanne avec des paniers".
Medium: Pencil on paper.
Date: Composed c1853-1854.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 x 8 in. (305 x 203 mm). Image size: 10 x 6 1/2 in. (254 x 165 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Cream paper. Condition: a small 3/8" tear in lower middle edge, away from image; a small 1/4" tear to the left of the woman's right arm, away from image; some staining, not in image; no imperfections in the image itself, and most if not all probably conservable. Comment(s): Millet's finished drawings of this size and quality are very scarce. [27728-2-6000]