Jean-François_Millet_-_The_Sheepfold,_Moonlight_-_Walters_3730.jpg

Summary

Jean-François Millet : The Sheepfold, Moonlight

Artist



Alternative names	Jean-François Millet (II)
Description	French plower, painter, engraver, architectural draftsperson, photographer and graphic artist
Date of birth/death	4 October 1814	20 January 1875
Location of birth/death	Gruchy near Cherbourg (Manche)	Barbizon
Work location	Barbizon ; Cherbourg-en-Cotentin ; Le Havre ; Paris
Authority file	: Q148458 VIAF : 59179782 ISNI : 0000000121349912 ULAN : 500012529 LCCN : n50033212 NLA : 35353608 WorldCat

Title

The Sheepfold, Moonlight

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape art

Description

English: 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:

Oh, how I wish I could make those who see my work feel the splendors and terrors of the night! One ought to be able to make people hear the songs, the silences, and murmurings of the air. They should feel the infinite....

Although educated and trained in Paris, Millet was born into a peasant family from the Normandy region of northern France. Millet drew on this background, specializing in scenes of peasant life. An outbreak of cholera in 1849 forced Millet to leave Paris with his family and settle in the village of Barbizon, where he became acquainted with the Barbizon artists Théodore Rousseau, Virgile Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Constant Troyon, and Antoine-Louis Barye.

Depicted place

Barbizon

Date

between 1856 and 1860

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 45.3 cm (17.8 in); width: 63.4 cm (24.9 in) ; with frame: height: 85.1 cm (33.5 in); width: 102.9 cm (40.5 in); depth: 13.3 cm (5.2 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore , United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF : 128918374 ISNI : 000000040373611X ULAN : 500279110 LCCN : no00096900 GND : 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

37.30

Place of creation

France

Object history

Chevalier A. de Knyff [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
Sale, Vente C (Carlin), Paris, April 29, 1872, no. 19
Mme. William Hooper, 1872, by purchase
William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1884-1887, by purchase
1894: inherited by Henry Walters , Baltimore
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Exhibition history

Exposition Universelle , Paris , 1867
Cent chefs d'oeuvres des collections parisiennes. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. 1883.
The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection , The Walters Art Gallery, 1998
Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 2000-2002.
A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004.
The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.
In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston. 2008-2009.
19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011.

Credit line

Acquired by William T. Walters, 1884-1887

Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

J.F. Millet

References

Source

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