Art, literature & history
The Diggers
1814–75
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching on thin laid paper; fourth (final) state
- Dimensions
- plate: 10 3/16 x 13 3/16 in. (25.8 x 33.5 cm) sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 9/16 in. (30.6 x 39.5 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.21.42
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-François Millet. The Diggers. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Diggers — Jean-François Millet. 1814–75.
Medium: Etching on thin laid paper; fourth (final) state. Dimensions: plate: 10 3/16 x 13 3/16 in. (25.8 x 33.5 cm) sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 9/16 in. (30.6 x 39.5 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of David Keppel, 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.