Pasture in Normandy

Jean François Millet, c. 1870–71

Look first

What catches your attention?
Where does your eye go next?
What would you ask about this work?

Show me

Pasture in Normandy, c. 1870–71. Black crayon on ivory laid paper.

Skip to the reading

Black crayon on ivory laid paper · 23.2 × 33.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

Read more at the Art Institute of Chicago

Look again

What do you notice now?

Try a quick sketch

Take a minute to sketch on any paper. No upload needed.

What did you draw first? What did you leave out?

Details and source

Museum title: Pasture in Normandy
Artist: Jean François Millet French, 1814-1875
Date: c. 1870–71
Medium: Black crayon on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 23.2 × 33.6 cm (9 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Credit line: David Adler Memorial Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1814–1875

View in the Atlas

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.