Garden Scene
1854 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions : 6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (17.1 x 21.3 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914
Millet and his family spent the summer of 1854 at the village of Gruchy, where the artist was born. Gruchy sits on the granite cliffs of the rugged Normandy coast, overlooking the English Channel, which appears in the background of this picture.
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About this artwork
Garden Scene (1854) by Jean-Francois Millet, oil on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Jean-Francois Millet
Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French artist 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.
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