First Steps
Cleveland Museum of Art

First Steps

Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875) · c. 1859–66

black chalk and pastel on beige laid paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

At the time this drawing was made, many critics disparaged Millet's depictions of peasants as politically radical.

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