Seated Peasant

1830–75

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching (undescribed first state?)printed in red ink on wove paper
Dimensions: sheet: 1 x 1 5/8 in. (2.5 x 4.1 cm)
Collection no.: 63.621.11
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Seated Peasant — Jean-François Millet. 1830–75.

Medium: Etching (undescribed first state?)printed in red ink on wove paper. Dimensions: sheet: 1 x 1 5/8 in. (2.5 x 4.1 cm).

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

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963.

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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