In the Forest

Karl Bodmer (figure (wood chopper) drawn by Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875))

1851

Medium

Lithograph in black on chine, laid down on white wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 63 × 50.2 cm (24 13/16 × 19 13/16 in.); Sheet: 78 × 58.5 cm (30 3/4 × 23 1/16 in.)

Culture

Switzerland

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings

Credit line

Hannan Fund

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

About this work

Karl Bodmer, who worked with Millet at Barbizon, asked Millet to collaborate on this work by drawing the figure. Millet's direct contribution to this Lithograph is therefore minimal, but his influence remains evident in Bodmer's handling of landscape.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0

• Prints
• Trees and forests
• 1800s
• Switzerland