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Jean-François Millet
(4th Oct, 1814 - 20th Jan, 1875)
The Gleaners
1857
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Photo (C) Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Keywords:
group
glaneuse
hayrick
scène paysanne
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About the artwork
Title:
The Gleaners
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
835 x 1100
Inventory number:
RF592
Detail:
painting by Jean-François Millet
Location:
musée d'Orsay
See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:
The Gleaners
(
Des glaneuses
) is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857. It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray grains of wheat after the harvest. The painting is famous for featuring in a sympathetic way what were then the lowest ranks of rural society; this was received poorly by the French upper classes.
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About the author(s)
Author:
Jean-François Millet
Also known as:
Jean-Francois Millet
Born:
4th Oct, 1814
Dead:
20th Jan, 1875
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jean-François Millet
(French:
[milɛ]
; October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.
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