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The Little Shepherdess, 1868–72. Oil on panel.
Oil on panel · 35.7 × 25.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Barbizon School
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- Museum title
- The Little Shepherdess
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
- Date
- 1868–72
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 35.7 × 25.5 cm (14 × 10 in.); Framed: 54.6 × 53.5 cm (21 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Potter Palmer Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.