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La Précaution Maternelle
Creator
Jean-François MilletFrench Artist · 1814–1875
All works by this person →> To tell the truth, the peasant subjects suit my temperament best; for I must confess, even if you think me a socialist, that the human side of art is what touches me most. > > --Jean-François Millet Born to modestly successful Norman peasants, Millet began studying art in Cherbourg at eighteen. In 1837 he received funding to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After ten years of mixed su
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- plate 1862; print 1921
- Medium
- Cliché verre
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 0a1a6a16-0fc8-474d-84bf-047be4a00a71
Sketch of a woman standing in a doorway, taking off the clothes of a little boy, as a young girl watches.
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