The Bather — Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

The Bather

1846/1848

Dating
Date range
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 18.5 x 24.1 cm (7 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) framed: 32.9 x 38.7 x 5.4 cm (12 15/16 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Collection no.
1949.1.9
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
NGA Open Access — unrestricted reuseLicense details

Jean-François Millet. The Bather. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949.1.9. NGA Open Access — unrestricted reuse; compressed study reproduction.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Official collection metadata; attribution follows named catalogue, not an independent authenticity determination. Holdings are not ownership or current display. Museum accessioned painting; no museum-highlight designation or current-display claim. Source Wikidata creator identity matched exactly. Dataset textual dates checked against numeric search dates. Full provenance, inscriptions, terms and catalogue text preserved in the separate research staging record. Attribution: primary Collection credit: Gift of R. Horace Gallatin.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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