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| Keywords: Jean-François Millet - The Potato Harvest - Walters 37115.jpg After moving from Paris to the village of Barbizon on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest in 1851 Millet devoted himself to portraying the lives of his neighbors Some critics interpreted his paintings of working farmers as a critique of the injustices inherent in the social conditions of his time Others have seen his work as a representation of man's harmonious union with nature 1855 Oil on canvas cm 54 65 2 ; Framed H with build-up 37 1/8 x W 41 9/16 x D 5 1/2 in 94 3 x 105 57 x 13 97 cm accession number 37 115 22652 Papeleu prior to 1863 mode of acquisition unknown Baron Goethals prior to 1867 mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1878 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1878 In black lower right ~ J F Millet Exposition Universelle 1867 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Corot and His Contemporaries The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston 1959 Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis; The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 1982-1983 Van Gogh and Millet Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh Amsterdam 1988-1989 Before Monet Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet 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 place of origin Barbizon Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Jean-François Millet II French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Before Monet Potato harvest in art Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet Off the Wall Baltimore Objects displayed at the Exposition Universelle 1867 Paintings 1850s paintings from France 1855 paintings | ||||
