Month: October 2020

Leconte de Lisle (c.1840-1841)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 Oil on canvas, 117 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Leconte de Lisle, Charles (1818-1894)

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Leconte de Lisle

(1818–1894) Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle Pierre Gosset (pseudonym) Translations: • L’Iliade (French) • L’Odyssée (French) Leconte de Lisle in Art: Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 National Gallery of Art, Washington   Born October 22 1818 Saint-Paul, La…

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La Maison natale de Millet à Gruchy (c.1863)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) La Maison natale de Millet à Gruchy (Millet’s Birthplace at Gruchy) c.1863 Pastel over crayon on paper, 31.2 x 45.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Gruchy, Gréville-Hague (France)

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Le Repos de Diane (c.1845)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le Repos de Diane (Diana Resting) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 40.64 x 33.02 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

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Portia (1886)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Portia 1886 Oil on canvas, 125.1 x 83.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, the resourceful heroine Portia disguises herself in lawyer’s robes. Her intention is to outwit the…

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Femme avec un râteau (1856-1857)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Femme avec un râteau (Woman with a Rake) 1856–1857 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 34.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Millet first treated this subject in a woodcut, one of ten in the series Labors of the…

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