The Guardian of the Geese, after Millet
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (21.4 × 29.8 cm) Plate: 5 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (14 × 18.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1924
Accession Number
24.32.6
Tags
BirdsGirlsTrees
About the Artist
Jean-François Millet|Emile Boilvin · 1814–1875
Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school, whose dignified depictions of peasant laborers transformed how art could represent rural life. His monumental images of sowers, gleaners, and field workers elevated common people to subjects previously reserved for mythological or historical figures, making him a pivotal figure in the development ...