Reckoning with Millet's "Man with a Hoe," 1863-1900 hawke painted in 1889 by Vincent

painted in 1889 by Vincent van Gogh

The buildings are as much beacons of brilliance from the exterior as they are temples to clarity and purpose inside

and wares used to prepare

from the Capitoline Museums in Rome to Munich’s Alte Pinakothek

Several were literally lost

Reckoning with Millet's "Man with a Hoe," 1863-1900 hawke painted in 1889 by VincentEdited by Scott Allan, with contributions by Simon Kelly and John Ott A revelatory exploration of one of Jean Franois Millets most contentious paintings. A monumentalizing portrayal of a peasant bowed over by brutal toil, Man with a Hoe (186062) by Jean Franois Millet (18141875) is arguably the most art historically significant painting in the J. Paul Getty Museums collection of nineteenth century European art. This volume situates the work in the arc