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Jean-François Millet

1814–1875 · French

Born
1814 · Gréville-Hague
Died
1875 · Barbizon

202 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Jean-François Millet was a French painter and a founder of the Barbizon school, noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and pure landscapes. He is known for his oil paintings, pastels, Conté crayon drawings, and etchings.

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Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa milɛ]; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. Toward the end of his career, he became increasingly interested in painting pure landscapes. He is known best for his oil paintings but is also noted for his pastels, Conté crayon drawings, and etchings.

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Selected from 202 works by Jean-François Millet in the Collect24 Registry.

Jean-François Millet, La Précaution Maternelle

Jean-François Millet

La Précaution Maternelle, plate 1862; print 1921

Cliché verre

28.6 × 22.5 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-260755

Jean-François Millet, Portrait of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Jean-François Millet

Portrait of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, 1848

black chalk with heightening in pale green-blue chalk

61.4 × 48.7 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-216365

Jean-François Millet, "Le chat" or The Cat at the Window

Jean-François Millet

"Le chat" or The Cat at the Window, about 1857–1858

Conté crayon and pastel with stumping and blending, fixed, on wove paper

49.8 × 39.4 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-215424

Jean-François Millet, The Sick Child

Jean-François Millet

The Sick Child, 1858

black crayon; framing lines in black crayon

40.4 × 32.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-213760

Jean-François Millet, Shepherdess and Her Flock

Jean-François Millet

Shepherdess and Her Flock, about 1864–1865

Black chalk and pastel

36.4 × 47.5 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-213524

Jean-François Millet, Liberty

Jean-François Millet

Liberty, 1848–49

black chalk and pastel

47.2 × 31.7 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-212491

Jean-François Millet, Man with a Hoe

Jean-François Millet

Man with a Hoe, about 1860–1862

Black chalk and white chalk heightening, on buff paper

28.1 × 34.9 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-208747

Jean-François Millet, First Steps

Jean-François Millet

First Steps, c. 1859–66

black chalk and pastel on beige laid paper

29.5 × 45.9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-190758

Jean-François Millet, Portrait of Louise-Antoinette Feuardent

Jean-François Millet

Portrait of Louise-Antoinette Feuardent, 1841

Oil on canvas

73.3 × 60 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-136740

Jean-François Millet, Man with a Hoe

Jean-François Millet

Man with a Hoe, 1860–1862

Oil on canvas

81.9 × 100.3 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-136468

Jean François Millet, Girl carrying Water

Jean François Millet

Girl carrying Water, c. 1855 - 1860

canvas

41 × 33 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-106893

Jean-François Millet, Digger

Jean-François Millet

Digger, 1863

Woodcut in brown ink; second (final) state; posthumous impression

14 × 10.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-434589

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