Jean-Francois Millet

The Gleaners

US$ 645.00

Three women bend to gather the stalks left after the harvest — the poorest right in rural France, and back-breaking work. Behind them the full harvest is being loaded in golden light, a distance Millet makes you feel. Its quiet monumentality caused genuine alarm when it was first shown in 1857.

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Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) was born to a farming family in Normandy and spent his career painting rural labour at a scale previously reserved for saints and generals. Critics on the political right accused him of agitation; he insisted he was simply painting what he had grown up with. Van Gogh copied his compositions repeatedly and called him the painter who mattered most.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 48 × 36 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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