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Engraving, The Gleaners, Les Glaneuses, by Millet browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art:Prints:Engravings: Pre 1900: item # 750200 Please refer to our stock # 02156 when inquiring.
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The framed size: 14 5/8" x 11 5/8" Sheet size: 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" Image size: 11" x 8" This is old engraving print the subject of "The Gleaners" by J.F. Millet with fine engraving works in such a fine details. The condition of print very good except the little edge has age burn. A little foxing on the back, but very good condiiton in front. The print has age color. It came with original frame and glass. It is very old, turn of century or little older. It has very fine engraving work(not offset or print work). It has signed of engraver name on lower left edge of image looks like, "Try SSONNFRES SCULP" and signature of J.F. Millet at lower right. This engraving was commissioned by Millet. I found out the engraver was a Frenchman named Pierre Salvy Frederic Teyssonnieres (1834- ??). Jean-Francois Millet(1814-1875) Jean Francois Millet was born into a family of peasant farmers near Cherbourg. He trained locally as a painter and then went to Paris in 1837 to study under Delaroche. His early work comprised of conventional portraits and fashionable eighteenth century pastoral scenes. However, in 1848 he chose to exhibit The Winnower, a painting depicting peasant life, at the Paris Salon. It was the first of many rural scenes based on memories of his own childhood. Criticized for allowing socialist concerns to infiltrate his art, Millet stated that it was "the human side" of life that he wished to portray, In 1849 he moved to Barbizon where he remained for the rest of his life, painting labourers going about their daily business. The Gleaners One of the most well known of Millet's paintings is The Gleaners (1857), depicting women stooping in the fields to glean the leftovers from the harvest, is a powerful and timeless statement about the working class. The Gleaners is on display in Paris's Musée d'Orsay. Picking up what was left of the harvest was regarded as one of the lowest jobs in society. However, Millet offered these women as the heroic focus of the picture; previously, servants were depicted in paintings as subservient to a noble or king. Here, light illuminates the women's shoulders as they carry out their work. Behind them, the field that stretches into the distance is bathed in golden light, under a wide, magnificent sky. The forms of the three figures themselves, nearly silhouetted against the lighter field, show balance and harmony.(credited to Wikipedia site). |
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