Artist: Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), painter and etcher, after.
Engraver: Jean-Baptiste Millet (French, 1831-1906), Painter and wood-engraver; brother of Jean-François.
Title: La Grande Bergère Assise.
Signed in plate: J. F. Millet. Collectors’ marks below the image by Hector GIACOMELLI (1822 — 1904) Lugt 1311 p.235, Jules GERBEAU (?-1906) Lugt 1166 p.205, and by unidentified collection (L in triangle). Inscriptions in pencil on mat by the unidentified hand: Delteil 33 second state. Original proof on Japan from the Giacomelli and Gerbeau Collections. La grande Bergère assise. Engraved on Wood by Jean Baptiste Millet from a drawing by Jean François Millet.
Dimensions: Image 10 5/8" x 8 5/8". Sheet 18 5/8" x 12 1/2". Mat 23 3/4" x 18".
Date: XIX C.
Materials and Techniques: wood-engraving on cream laid Japan paper.
Mat and Frame: Matted.
Provenance: Hector GIACOMELLI, Jules GERBEAU, unknown collector "L", and the Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Foxing (mainly to margins). A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1877,1013.813
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XIX C.
Note: double printing.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.