A Woman Burning Weeds

1830–75

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown (iron gall) ink, watercolor and wash over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions: 15 5/16 x 9 3/4 in. (38.9 x 24.8 cm)
Collection no.: 29.100.560
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean-François Millet. A Woman Burning Weeds. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Woman Burning Weeds — Jean-François Millet. 1830–75.

Medium: Pen and brown (iron gall) ink, watercolor and wash over graphite on laid paper. Dimensions: 15 5/16 x 9 3/4 in. (38.9 x 24.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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