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Why is Jean-François Millet famous?
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Jean-François Millet is famous because of his Realist artwork. One of the founders of the Barbizon school, he was a major force in the 19th-century French Realist art movement. He is best known for his depictions of rural people working in the fields, such as The Gleaners, The Angelus and Shepherdess with Her Flock. Shop a collection of Jean-François Millet art on 1stDibs.
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Diana Hunting in Wooded Landscape - 17thC Old Master French art oil painting
By Jean François Millet
Located in London, GB
This superb French Old Master oil painting with excellent provenance is by Jean Francois I Millet. It was painted circa 1675 and is a figurative landscape depicting Diana hunting in ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Cardeuse (Woman Carding Wool)
By Jean François Millet
Located in Storrs, CT
La Cardeuse (Woman Carding Wool). c. 1858. Etching. Delteil, Melot 15. only state. 10 x 7 (sheet 12 3/8 x 9 1/2). Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 25 (1938): 146; Keppel, The...
Category
1850s Barbizon School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Jean Francois Millet, "La Boullie (The Porridge)", Drypoint Etching, 1861
By Jean François Millet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Etching printed in brownish black on light tan Chine collé, 1861. Image measures 6 x 5 inches, displayed in a 15.5 x 12.5 inch frame. Etched signature and date lower left. A very goo...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio
Portrait d'Olivier de Serres, Modern Lithograph by Jean-François Millet
By Jean François Millet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean-Francois Millet, French (1814 - 1875) - Portrait d'Olivier de Serres, Year: 1858, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 5 x 3.25 inches, Size: 9.5 x 6.25 in...
Category
1850s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
