The Diggers (Les becheurs)
Jean-François Millet · 1855 · etching
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About this picture
The Diggers (Les becheurs) is a public-domain illustration by Jean-François Millet, dated 1855. Etching. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Diggers (Les becheurs)” (1855) 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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