Jean-Francois MILLET SIGNED Antique Print “The Shepherd in the Park” FRAMED COA$489.00
Jean-Francois MILLET SIGNED Antique Print “The Shepherd in the Park” FRAMED COA
$489.00
Artist: Jean-Francois Millet (French, 1814 – 1875)
Title: The Shepherd in the Park (Le Berger au Parc)
Medium: Antique Heliograph after the original.
Year: 1881
Signature: Signed in the plate.
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image Size 6 3/8 x 8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 17 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
This piece depicts a shepherd guiding his flock into a fenced enclosure, or sheepfold, under the night sky, with a visible moon and stars.
Jean-François Millet 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. Toward the end of his career, he became increasingly interested in painting pure landscapes. He is known best for his oil paintings but is also noted for his pastels, Conté crayon drawings, and etchings.
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