La Baratteuse (Woman Churning Butter)
Jean-François Millet, La Baratteuse (Woman Churning Butter), 1855-1856, etching on paper, Bequest of Charles Henry Leavitt, public domain, 59.26.47
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- Title
La Baratteuse (Woman Churning Butter)
- Related Titles
original language: La Baratteuse
translated: Woman Churning
- Artist
- Date
1855-1856
- Medium
etching on paper
- State
iii/iii
- Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 10
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 7 in x 4 3/4 in; sheet: 8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: Imp. par Aug. Delatre, Rue St. Jacques 171, printed, lower middle in the plate
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Henry Leavitt
- Accession Number
59.26.47
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
For most of human history, sustenance has gone hand in hand with hard physical labor, a concept that is easily forgotten by today's consumers, who are largely divorced from the sources of their food. Historically, butter churning—a slow, repetitive task—was the province of women. Millet endows this butter churner with a monumental dignity, suggesting the importance of this simple domestic chore.
- Exhibitions
2002 Setting the Scene: Interior Portland Art Museum
2004 Daumier to Lautrec: French Prints and Drawings Portland Art Museum
2014 Feast and Famine: The Pleasures and Politics of Food Portland Art Museum
