Jean-Francois Millet 
"The Gleaners" (1857)
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Custom Framed in a ornate carved gold and brown wood frame
Framed Size: 29" x 23" 
Image Size: 18" x 24"
Framed in the USA
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The Gleaners is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet that depicts three peasant women gathering leftover wheat after a harvest. The painting was completed in 1857 and is currently housed in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Reception
When the painting was first exhibited in 1857, it was not well received by the French upper classes.
Significance
The painting is now considered one of Millet's best-known works and is often seen as a glorification of French peasant life.
Subject matter
The painting depicts the centuries-old practice of gleaning, which was the right of poor peasants to collect leftover grain after the harvest.
Style
Millet's painting is considered part of the Realism and Naturalism movements. The painting uses a warm golden light to create a sense of something sacred and eternal.