Peasant Pushing A Wheelbarrow

1855

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching printed in brown/black ink on chine collé; first state of four
Dimensions: plate: 6 7/16 x 5 1/4 in. (16.4 x 13.3 cm) sheet: 10 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (25.8 x 23.5 cm)
Collection no.: 57.531.4
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean-François Millet. Peasant Pushing A Wheelbarrow. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Peasant Pushing A Wheelbarrow — Jean-François Millet. 1855.

Medium: Etching printed in brown/black ink on chine collé; first state of four. Dimensions: plate: 6 7/16 x 5 1/4 in. (16.4 x 13.3 cm) sheet: 10 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (25.8 x 23.5 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Pratt, 1957.

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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