The Gleaners

Jean-François Millet

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

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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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 16×24 or 24×36. A black or natural wood frame on a cream or ochre wall; it pairs with The Angelus in spirit.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
Era: 19th century (1857)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, kitchen, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

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

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 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

Shipping & returns

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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

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 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 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, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Gleaners we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Millet's The Gleaners — the whole sunlit harvest scene shown uncropped beneath gallery typography. A landmark of Realism, framed as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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