Jean-François Millet
French, 1814-1875. Born October 4, 1814 in Gruchy; died January 20, 1875 in Barbizon. 21 works on this site, dated 1834–1871: 12 drawings and watercolours, 9 paintings.
Movements on Wikidata: French Realism.
Colour fingerprint
Every work's palette as a column, oldest on the left; the height of each colour is its share of the image. Click a column to open the work.
Brown 27% · Gold & ochre 24% · Grey 20% · White & cream 15% · Black 14% · Green 1%
Closest colour mix among the artists here: John Singer Sargent, Odilon Redon, Edgar Degas, Julia Margaret Cameron, Giovanni di Paolo.
Recurring themes: Work and rural life (9), Landscapes (6), Birds (2)
Works
Young Woman
Jean-François Millet, 1844–45
Woman Feeding Chickens
Jean-François Millet, 1846-48
The Woodchopper
Jean-François Millet, c. 1858–66
The Sheepshearers
Jean-François Millet, c. 1857–61
Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields
Jean-François Millet, 1864
In the Auvergne
Jean-François Millet, c. 1866–69
The Little Shepherdess
Jean-François Millet, 1868–72
Haystacks: Autumn
Jean-François Millet, ca. 1874
The Keeper of the Flock
Jean-François Millet, 1871–74
Group of Women
Jean-François Millet, n.d.
The Lovers
Jean-François Millet, 1846/50
The Departure for Work
Jean-François Millet, 1857
The Wool Carder (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of Man Standing by Fence (verso)
Jean-François Millet, 1857/58
The Flight Into Egypt
Jean-François Millet, c. 1864
Pasture in Normandy
Jean-François Millet, c. 1870–71
Peasants Going to Work
Jean-François Millet, 1863
Geese in a Farmyard
Jean-François Millet, c. 1871
The Old Mill
Jean-François Millet, 1866/70
Landscape with Cattle
Jean-François Millet, 1866/1867
Near Vichy
Jean-François Millet, 1866/67
Landscape - Hillside in Gruchy, Normandy
Jean-François Millet, 1869/70
Dates and places from Wikidata Q148458 · Wikipedia. Matched by the museum's Getty ULAN id or Wikidata link, or by exact name with matching birth and death years.