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| Keywords: Jean-François Millet - Breaking Flax - Walters 3787.jpg Despite the modest size of this painting Millet has imparted a sense of grandeur and monumentality to the woman Using ancient methods she pulverizes sheaves of flax to separate the fibers for making linen Although the artist appears to remain objective in his treatment of the toiling peasants his picture reflects a concern for the plight of the rural working classes that emerged in French society following the Revolution of 1848 in which the monarchy of Louis-Philippe was overthrown between 1850 1851 oil on canvas cm 45 8 37 2 ; Framed cm 77 5 69 2 13 3 accession number 37 87 10990 Sensier February 1851 by purchase from the artist see E Moreau-Nelaton 1 92 Henry Wallis London date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1878 by purchase from Wallis Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1878 Signature In dark brown at lower right J F Millet General Exhibition of the Various Schools of Painters at Lichfield House Lichfield House London 1851 Exhibition title unknown held at the French Gallery The French Gallery London 1874 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 From Ingres to Gauguin French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1951 Van Gogh and Millet Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh Amsterdam 1988-1989 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 place of origin France see Category Peasant woman bruising flax after Millet by Vincent van Gogh Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Jean-François Millet II French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Dressing flax in art 1850s paintings from France | ||||
