Jean-François Millet: career timeline
French · 1814–1875 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 52 lots (27% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 6 | 6 | $3.9kSign up | Etching |
| 1860s | 8 | 5 | $1.3kSign up | Etching |
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1850s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $3.9kSign up
- Average
- $5kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 10 in (19 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (6)
- Subjects
- —
1855 La Cardeuse (Delteil 15; Melot 15)$576Sign up
c. 1855 Les Glaneuses (The Gleaners)$4.5kSign up
c. 1855 Les Glaneuses$7.3kSign up
1855 Les Glaneuses$11.5kSign up
1855 Les Glaneuses$3.2kSign up
1855 Les bêcheurs$2.7kSign up
1860s 8 works
- Sold
- 5 of 8
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 8 in (28 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (7), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1861 La BouillieUnsold
1861 La BouillieUnsold
1861 La Bouillie (D.; M. 17)Unsold
1861 La cardeuse$1.1kSign up
1862 Le Précaution Maternelle; Femme vidant un Seau (D. 27-28)$1.3kSign up
1862 La grande bergère$2kSign up
1863 Le Depart Pour le Travail (Going to Work)$1.1kSign up
1863 Le départ pour le travail$3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
38 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works
- Sold
- 11 of 13
- Median
- $4kSign up
- Average
- $19.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 12.5 in (37 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (4), Etching (3), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
sold 2014 Sitzender Bauernjunge nach links$78kSign up
sold 2015 KLM Europa encantadora$131Sign up
sold 2015 - ''Le Grange Bergere'' (Delteil 18)-Unsold
sold 2015 KLM (To all Europe)$162Sign up
sold 2017 Junge Frau an einem Teich$22.2kSign up
sold 2017 Portrait of a Lady (Madame Lefranc)$82.8kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2017 Le Semeur$8kSign up
sold 2017 KLM fly to Europe to your holidays$151Sign up
sold 2018 Landscape$11.7kSign up
sold 2018 Le Départ pour le travail$2.2kSign up
sold 2018 Le Paysan rentrant du Fumier (Peasant with Wheelbarrow)$350Sign up
sold 2019 (in der Art von.), Mutter mit Kind. 3. Viertel 19. JhUnsold
…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 25 works
- Sold
- 14 of 25
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $41.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 9 in (31 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (11), Drawing (8), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2020 Figure Study$938Sign up
sold 2020 Le Retour des ChampsUnsold
sold 2020 UntitledResult not published
sold 2021 Gleaner$2kSign up
sold 2021 La filatrice$211Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled$576Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Untitled$7.6kSign up
sold 2022 Peasant Woman$2.8kSign up
sold 2023 TejedoraUnsold
sold 2023 TejedoraResult not published
sold 2023 L. AngelusUnsold
sold 2023 La gardeuse d'oies$35.2kSign up
…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Jean-François Millet auction results →