Femme Vidant Un Seau

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Femme Vidant Un Seau

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Jean-François Millet

French Artist · 1814–1875

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> 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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Date
plate 1862; print 1921
Medium
Cliché verre
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
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Sketch of a peasant woman filling jugs from a well.

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