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Calling the Cows Home

ca. 1872
Not on view
Millet mentioned this painting in a letter of August 1872 to his friend and biographer, Alfred Sensier: "I've groaned more than I've worked, since I've done hardly anything but a sketch. You know the subject, a cowherd sounding his horn to collect his cattle at the end of the day." Millet had treated this subject in a charcoal drawing of 1857–58 and a pastel of 1866.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Calling the Cows Home
  • Artist: Jean-François Millet (French, Gruchy 1814–1875 Barbizon)
  • Date: ca. 1872
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 37 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (94.6 x 64.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Arthur Whitney, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.151
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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