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.
Inscriptions: Signed in plate: J. F. Millet. Collectors’ marks below the image by Hector Giacomelli, Jules Gerbeau, and an unidentified collection (L in triangle). Inscriptions in pencil on the mat, in an 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 (1822–1904) (Lugt 1311); Jules Gerbeau (?–1906) (Lugt 1166); unidentified collector “L” (Lugt not identified); 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.
Catalog Raisonné: Delteil 33; Melot 33.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1877,1013.813
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XIX C.