1855
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Wool Carder (La cardeuse) is a 1855 ink by Jean François Millet, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a woman hunched over, carding wool with a wooden tool. She’s dressed in a loose shirt and skirt, her feet bare, sitting on a low stool. Behind her, a dark, textured wall and a window with heavy curtains let in dim light. A basket of wool sits beside her, and a cat lounges nearby. The artist used fine lines to show the rough texture of her clothes and the wool, making it look almost real. This kind of detailed shading is typical of the etching technique. Next, look up etching to see how artists create these intricate prints.
Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: ; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.
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