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Source Description
Millet first gained widespread notoriety with his iconic image of a sower shown at the 1850/51 Paris Salon. In this pastel version, he integrates the sower into the landscape around Barbizon with a harrower, a flock of crows, and the tower of Chailly visible in the distance. Millet built up his composition with a network of black chalk lines before adding his pastels.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
21057
label
The Sower
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21057
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Sower
description
Millet first gained widespread notoriety with his iconic image of a sower shown at the 1850/51 Paris Salon. In this pastel version, he integrates the sower into the landscape around Barbizon with a harrower, a flock of crows, and the tower of Chailly visible in the distance. Millet built up his composition with a network of black chalk lines before adding his pastels.
provenance
Montaignac, Paris; purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, June 9, 1884 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 588.
date
ca. 1865
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
43.5
height
53.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 17 1/8 × W: 21 1/16 in. (43.5 × 53.5 cm); Framed (with buildup), H: 28 3/4 × W: 32 5/16 × D: 2 15/16 in. (73 × 82 × 7.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
""J.F. Millet"" in chalk in lower right
med
pastel and crayon or pastel on cream buff paper
creator_ids
6410
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
438
484
631
2069
432
366
3818
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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54e63486e9903e99