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The Sick Child, 1858. black crayon; framing lines in black crayon.
black crayon; framing lines in black crayon · Sheet: 40.4 x 32.1 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Sick Child
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
- Date
- 1858
- Medium
- black crayon; framing lines in black crayon
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 40.4 x 32.1 cm (15 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.); Image: 32.9 x 24.9 cm (12 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1814–1875
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




