The Gleaners

Jean-François Millet

1857 · Oil on canvas · Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Size4:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Jean-François Millet (1814–1875)
Year: 1857
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 83.8 × 111.8 cm
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Movement: Realism

Three peasant women bend to pick up stray ears of wheat left after the harvest, their backs curved in the same rhythm, while far behind them the harvest proper goes on with loaded carts, haystacks and a mounted overseer under a golden evening light. Millet painted it at Barbizon in 1857 after a decade of studies of the subject. Gleaning was a right of the rural poor, and showing them at this scale, monumental and anonymous, struck critics at the Salon of 1857 as a political statement; one called the women the Three Fates of pauperism. Millet insisted he was simply painting what he saw. The canvas was bequeathed to the Louvre in 1890 and is now in the Musée d'Orsay, where it hangs near his Angelus.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Golden evening light over a harvest field gives this a warm, settled feel for a kitchen, dining room or farmhouse-style living room at 24×18. A black or natural wood frame on a cream or ochre wall; it pairs with The Angelus in spirit.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Realism painting
Era: 19th century (1857)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, kitchen, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Gleaners in the public domain?

Yes. Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Musée d'Orsay.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Gleaners painted, and in what medium?

The Gleaners dates from 1857 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 83.8 × 111.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Gleaners we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

The Gleaners (Jean-François Millet) — The Gleaners · Jean-François Millet · 1857. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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