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The Woodchopper

Jean-François Millet · c. 1858–66

Palette

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Artist

Jean-François Millet

Date

c. 1858–66

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

81 × 65 cm (31 7/8 × 25 9/16 in.); Framed: 99.1 × 83.8 cm (39 × 33 in.)

Place

France

Period

Barbizon School · 19th century

Themes

Landscapes · Work and rural life

Main colour

Brown · lightness 19, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules