A Young Man Seated, Bent over a Reclining Figure

ca. 1845–50

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Red chalk with stumping on laid paper
Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/16 in. (18.8 x 25.9 cm) (trimmed at top to form an arch)
Collection no.: 2003.185
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean-François Millet. A Young Man Seated, Bent over a Reclining Figure. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Young Man Seated, Bent over a Reclining Figure — Jean-François Millet. ca. 1845–50.

Medium: Red chalk with stumping on laid paper. Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/16 in. (18.8 x 25.9 cm) (trimmed at top to form an arch).

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

Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Howard Barnet Gift, 2003.

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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