Sujet

The Sheepfold, Moonlight, 1856-1860. Creator: Jean Francois Millet.

Légende

The Sheepfold, Moonlight, 1856-1860. 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:

Date

1856

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B21_464

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,8Mo (1007,5Ko) / 42,0cm x 29,7cm / 4960 x 3512 (300dpi)

Mots clés

atmospheric Europe scenic animal agriculture job farming landscape arts light night class country French France dog dogs livestock cattle science agricultural art occupation flock continent solar system astronomy sheep museum European color moon moonlight lunar atmosphere rustic farmer scenery location century vista pastoral profession shepherd labourer labourers concept enclosure peasant peasants moonlit time of day farm animal farm animals Working Class daily Life Colour Realism 19th century working-class farm hand farmhand farm hands farmhands farm worker farm workers Realist farmworker farmworkers nineteenth century rural agricultural worker artistic movement artistic school farm labourer genre scene livestock farming navvy rural life social class TGN Barbizon School sheep farming landscape sky sheep pen Barbizon Jean Francois Millet Jean-Francois Millet Jean-Fran?ois Millet Millet Jean Francois Regionalism Walters Art Museum JF Millet art movement Heritage Art oil on panel agricultural workers farm labourers Millet Jean-Fran?ois 19th-century agricultural labourer Jean Fran?ois Millet