The Gleaners
Painting by Jean-François Millet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see The Gleaners (disambiguation).
The Gleaners (Des glaneuses) is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857.
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The Gleaners | |
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French: Des glaneuses | |
Artist | Jean-François Millet |
Year | 1857 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 83.8 cm × 111.8 cm (33 in × 44 in) |
Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest. The painting is famous for featuring in a sympathetic way what were then the lowest ranks of rural society; it was received poorly by the French upper classes.