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Jean-François Millet: Breaking Flax  wikidata:Q18748868 reasonator:Q18748868
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
Breaking Flax
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Despite the modest size of this painting, Millet has imparted a sense of grandeur and monumentality to the woman. Using ancient methods, she pulverizes sheaves of flax to separate the fibers for making linen. Although the artist appears to remain objective in his treatment of the toiling peasants, his picture reflects a concern for the plight of the rural working classes that emerged in French society following the Revolution of 1848, in which the monarchy of Louis-Philippe was overthrown.
Date between 1850 and 1851
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1851-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 45.8 cm (18 in); width: 37.2 cm (14.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,45.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,37.2U174728

frame dimensions height: 77.5 cm (30.5 in); width: 69.2 cm (27.2 in); depth: 13.3 cm (5.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,77.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,69.2U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,13.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.87
Place of creation France
Object history
  • February 1851: purchased by Sensier from the artist
    (see E. Moreau-Nelaton, 1:92)
  • Henry Wallis, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • before 1878
    date QS:P,+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore from Wallis
  • 1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history
  • General Exhibition of the Various Schools of Painters at Lichfield House. Lichfield House, London. 1851.
  • [Exhibition title unknown, held at the French Gallery]. The French Gallery, London. 1874.
  • The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
  • From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1951.
  • Van Gogh and Millet. Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam. 1988-1989.
  • 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.
Credit line Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

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