Zittende vrouw met baby bij een open raam
Jean François Millet
c. 1824 - c. 1875
Medium
paper
Dimensions
231; 306
About this artwork
height 306 mm x width 231 mm
Art Historical Context
Jean-François Millet's *Zittende vrouw met bij een open raam*Seated Woman with Baby an Open Window) captures tender moment of everyday rural life, a hallmark of the artist's empathetic gaze on the French peasantry. Created sometime between 1824 and 1875 during Millet's career, this intimate drawing on paper measures a modest 306 mm high by 231 mm wide, suggesting it may have been a preparatory sketch standalone study. Millet, a founding figure of the Realism movement and the Barbizon School, elevated humble subjects like mothers and children, portraying them with dignity amid their laborious e...