The Sheepfold, Moonlight

1856-1860

63.4 cm 45.3 cm

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In this nocturnal scene, the waning moon throws a mysterious light across the plain extending between the villages of Barbizon and Chailly. Millet was recorded as saying of the solitary shepherd: Oh, how I wish I could make those who see my work feel the splendors and terr...

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Chevalier A. de Knyff [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Vente C (Carlin), Paris, April 29, 1872, no. 19; Mme. William Hooper, 1872, by purchase [via the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1884-1887, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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