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Jean-François Millet
(4th Oct, 1814 - 20th Jan, 1875)
La Fileuse, chevrière auvergnate
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Michel Urtado
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Keywords:
shepherdess
herdman
spinneur (woman)
distaff
cloud
realism
sitting
headdress
rural life
nanny goat (animal)
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About the artwork
Title:
La Fileuse, chevrière auvergnate
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
925 x 735
Inventory number:
RF1880
Detail:
1868-69
Location:
musée d'Orsay
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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