Art, literature & history
Peasants Going to Work
1863
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching in brown/black ink on thin laid paper; seventh (final) state
- Dimensions
- plate: 15 3/16 x 12 1/16 in. (38.6 x 30.7 cm) sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 3/8 in. (52.2 x 39 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.21.43
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-François Millet. Peasants Going to Work. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Peasants Going to Work — Jean-François Millet. 1863.
Medium: Etching in brown/black ink on thin laid paper; seventh (final) state. Dimensions: plate: 15 3/16 x 12 1/16 in. (38.6 x 30.7 cm) sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 3/8 in. (52.2 x 39 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.