Artwork

The Diggers (Les becheurs)

The Diggers (Les becheurs), by Jean François Millet, ink, 1855
The Diggers (Les becheurs), by Jean François Millet, ink, 1855

The Diggers (Les becheurs) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Jean François Millet. It dates from 1855 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Jean François Millet

Artist

Jean François Millet

Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: ; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.

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