Les Glaneuses (The Gleaners)
Jean-François Millet, Les Glaneuses (The Gleaners), 1855, etching on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, public domain, 80.122.514
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- Title
Les Glaneuses (The Gleaners)
- Related Titles
original language: Les Glaneuses
translated: The Gleaners
- Artist
- Date
1855
- Medium
etching on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 7 1/2 in x 10 in; sheet: 8 5/16 in x 13 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: H477 D12ii before Keppel edition, graphite, bottom left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
80.122.514
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Gleaning—the right of the destitute to scour harvested fields for any remaining grain—is an age-old part of agrarian life dating to biblical times. Here Jean-François Millet contrasts the back-breaking labor of three gleaners with the bountiful harvest seen behind them, creating an image that addresses both the plight of the poor and the politics of abundance.
- Exhibitions
2014 Feast and Famine: The Pleasures and Politics of Food Portland Art Museum
