First Steps
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875) · c. 1859–66 · black chalk and pastel on beige laid paper
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About this picture
First Steps is a CC0 drawing by Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875), dated c. 1859–66. Black chalk and pastel on beige laid paper. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“First Steps” (c. 1859–66) makes rural labor the subject. Millet’s figures are large and grave, usually bent to the work in front of them.
About the artist
Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) painted peasants and rural labor around Barbizon. The figures are large and grave, and the work itself is the subject.
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