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Jean-François Millet

Roadworkers at Lunch

ca. 1850–52
Conté crayon with stumping, heightened with white gouache, on laid paper
27.6 × 22.5 cm (10.9 × 8.9 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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