The Gleaners is an oil painting by Jean-Francois Millet, completed in 1857 and held in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest, and is noted for portraying, with sympathy, what were then the lowest ranks of rural society; the painting was received poorly by the French upper classes at the time.
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Year Created LocationMusee d'Orsay, Paris, France 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, located there.
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The Gleaners (Des glaneuses) is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857.
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It is held in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris.
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The Gleaners is an oil painting by Jean-Francois Millet, completed in 1857 and held in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
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