Jean Francois Millet Print

1:34 PM PST, 8/6/2008

* Measures 24" X 31" including frame * Says at the very top of the print PUBLIE' PAR GETTI, 12 RUE GODOT DE MAUROY, PARIS, 1886. * Signature in pencil at the lower right hand of piece * Millet's name on the print * Could have been signed by the engraver. * Very Good condition * Classic Jean-Francois Millet * Antique Frame Jean Francois Millet was a French painter, draftsman and etcher. He is famous primarily as a painter of peasants. Although associated with the Bartizan school, he concentrated on figure painting rather than landscape except during his final years. His scenes of rural society, which nostalgically evoke a lost golden age, are classical in composition but are saturated with realist detail. Millet?s art, rooted in the Normandy of his childhood as well as in Bartizan, is also indebted to the Bible and past masters. His fluctuating critical fortunes reflect the shifting social and aesthetic lenses through which his epic representations of peasants have been viewed. The piece says at the very top of the print PUBLIE' PAR GETTI, 12 RUE GODOT DE MAUROY, PARIS, 1886. There is a signature in pencil at the lower right hand of this piece, but I can't make it out. It is under Millet's name on the print. I am sorry I don't know the name of this piece. It is an older print. It is in good condition. The frame is original the piece is also matted. We have gotten a lot of compliments at the store on this piece since we have brought it in our gallery. The picture does not do this treasure justice. We buy entire estates and pass the savings on to you. This piece and many others we have came from an important estate near Atlanta. Please visit our stores Aardvark Antiques & Estate Liquidations if you get near Atlanta. aardvark-antiques.com CHECK OUR FEEDBACK RATINGS & Buy WITH CONFIDENCE! We have been in business over 11 years and want to build a relationship with you. You cannot get this quality at a better price anywhere! Call me personally if I can help you. 770-540-1939 To view more fine estate jewelry, antique furniture, dining & conference tables, sideboards, china cabinets, chairs, and other fine furniture please visit our online store aardvark-antiques.com or our 2 stores, Aardvark Antiques & Art Gallery, just north of Atlanta. Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! Thanks! Charles Pharr Jr. AAI/ISA www.aardvark-antiques.com

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