Shepherdess Seated on a Rock

Jean François Millet, 1856

Look first

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

Show me

Shepherdess Seated on a Rock, 1856. Oil on wood.

Skip to the reading

Oil on wood · 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (35.9 x 28.3 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Read more at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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: Shepherdess Seated on a Rock
Artist: Jean-François Millet (French, Gruchy 1814–1875 Barbizon)
Date: 1856
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (35.9 x 28.3 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1983
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.