Cooling the Porridge

1861

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching on chine collé; fifth state of five
Dimensions: image: 6 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (16.5 x 13.2 cm) sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 11/16 in. (29.5 x 24.6 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.3146
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean-François Millet. Cooling the Porridge. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Cooling the Porridge — Jean-François Millet. 1861.

Medium: Etching on chine collé; fifth state of five. Dimensions: image: 6 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (16.5 x 13.2 cm) sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 11/16 in. (29.5 x 24.6 cm).

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

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.

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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