# In the Forest

- By: Karl Bodmer (figure (wood chopper) drawn by Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875))
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Hannan Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/72700)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/dab73650-0e7c-653b-48d2-0fed65e99424/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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