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Jean-François Millet: The Sheepfold, Moonlight  wikidata:Q18748875 reasonator:Q18748875
Artist
Jean-François Millet  (1814–1875)  wikidata:Q148458 s:en:Author:Jean-François Millet q:en:Jean-François Millet
 
Jean-François Millet
Alternative names
Jean-François Millet (II)
Description French plower, painter, engraver, architectural draftsperson, photographer and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 4 October 1814 Edit this at Wikidata 20 January 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gruchy near Cherbourg (Manche) Barbizon Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Barbizon; Cherbourg; Le Havre; Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q148458
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Sheepfold, Moonlight
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: In this nocturnal scene, the waning moon throws a mysterious light across the plain extending between the villages of Barbizon and Chailly. Millet was recorded as saying of the solitary shepherd:

Oh, how I wish I could make those who see my work feel the splendors and terrors of the night! One ought to be able to make people hear the songs, the silences, and murmurings of the air. They should feel the infinite....

Although educated and trained in Paris, Millet was born into a peasant family from the Normandy region of northern France. Millet drew on this background, specializing in scenes of peasant life. An outbreak of cholera in 1849 forced Millet to leave Paris with his family and settle in the village of Barbizon, where he became acquainted with the Barbizon artists Théodore Rousseau, Virgile Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Constant Troyon, and Antoine-Louis Barye.
Depicted place Barbizon
Date between 1856 and 1860
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1856-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 45.3 cm (17.8 in); width: 63.4 cm (24.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,45.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,63.4U174728
; with frame: height: 85.1 cm (33.5 in); width: 102.9 cm (40.5 in); depth: 13.3 cm (5.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,85.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,102.9U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,13.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.30
Place of creation France
Object history
  • Chevalier A. de Knyff [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Sale, Vente C (Carlin), Paris, April 29, 1872, no. 19
  • Mme. William Hooper, 1872, by purchase
  • William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1884-1887, by purchase
  • 1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history
  • Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867
  • Cent chefs d'oeuvres des collections parisiennes. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. 1883.
  • The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
  • Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection, The Walters Art Gallery, 1998
  • 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.
Credit line Acquired by William T. Walters, 1884-1887
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Signature bottom right:

J.F. Millet
References
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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