The Gleaners
by Jean-Francois Millet Other
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.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Painting
- Print Status
- In Print
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- France
- Historical Setting
- 1857 - 1857
- Written
- 1857
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