Jean-François Millet: The Potato Harvest
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Artist |
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Object type |
painting ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Genre |
genre art ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Description |
English: After moving from Paris to the village of Barbizon on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest in 1851, Millet devoted himself to portraying the lives of his neighbors. Some critics interpreted his paintings of working farmers as a critique of the injustices inherent in the social conditions of his time. Others have seen his work as a representation of man's harmonious union with nature. |
Date |
1855 date QS:P571,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 65.2 cm (25.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,54U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,65.2U174728 frame dimensions: height: 37.1 in (94.2 cm); width: 41.5 in (105.5 cm); depth: 5.5 in (13.9 cm)dimensions QS:P2048,37.125U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,41.5625U218593 dimensions QS:P5524,5.5U218593 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
37.115 |
Place of creation |
Barbizon |
Object history |
- before 1863
date QS:P,+1863-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1863-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : [mode of acquisition unknown]
- before 1867
date QS:P,+1867-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1867-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Baron Goethals, [mode of acquisition unknown]
- before 1878
date QS:P,+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : William T. Walters, Baltimore, [mode of acquisition unknown]
- 1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
- Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867
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- The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
- Corot and His Contemporaries. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston. 1959.
- Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. 1982-1983. Van Gogh and Millet. Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam. 1988-1989.
- Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection, The Walters Art Gallery, 1998
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- Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
- Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet, The Walters Art Gallery, 1999–2000
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- Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 2000-2002.
- A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004.
- The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.
- In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston. 2008-2009.
- 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011.
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Credit line |
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878 |
Inscriptions |
Signature bottom right:
J. F. Millet
In black |
References |
Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 22652 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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