Going to work
Print
1863 (made)
1863 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Jean François Millet began etching in the mid 1850s, making a series of prints after his own paintings. This print is a version of his painting Going to Work (Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow). The tools carried by the peasants as they stride across the barren landscape are, for the time the print was made, old-fashioned: a simple fork and a water jar. The deep shadows cast over their faces suggest that they represent age-old archetypes, rather than individuals.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Going to work |
| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Jean François Millet, Going to work, 1863, etching |
| Physical description | Etching depicting a man and a woman walking across a featureless landscape. The woman (left) carries a water jar, and the man a fork over his shoulder. Both wear headcoverings which throw their faces into deep shadow. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides |
| Object history | Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900 Purchased by Ionides in 1881 or before with a large group of prints for £117.10s. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Jean François Millet began etching in the mid 1850s, making a series of prints after his own paintings. This print is a version of his painting Going to Work (Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow). The tools carried by the peasants as they stride across the barren landscape are, for the time the print was made, old-fashioned: a simple fork and a water jar. The deep shadows cast over their faces suggest that they represent age-old archetypes, rather than individuals. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CAI.307 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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