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| Keywords: Jean-François Millet - The Angelus - Walters 37903.jpg This drawing is a later version of Millet's best-known painting now in the Musée d'Orsay Paris A young peasant and his companion pause from their work to say the angelus prayer for the dead Millet spoke of his intention to evoke the music of the distant church bells across the Chailly plain His accomplished use of crayon is evident in the many shades of gray between the white of the horizon and the black of the peasant's hat ca 1860 black conté crayon on beige moderately thick moderately textured wove paper cm 31 7 45 4 accession number 37 903 38102 D P Sellars Collection London William T Walters Baltimore before 1884 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1884 J F Millet in charcoal at upper right The Essence of Line The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 American Art in the Barbizon Mood National Collection of Fine Arts Washington 1975 A Connoisseur's Portfolio French Masterworks on Paper The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1992 The Road to Impressionism Landscapes from Corot to Manet The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D A Connoisseur's Portfolio The Essence of Line L'Angélus by Jean-François Millet French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1860s paintings from France | ||||
