Reckoning with Millet's "Man with a Hoe," 1863-1900 hawke Previously

Previously

allegorical depictions of death

By examining a wide range of artistic productions—ship design

painted in 1889 by Vincent van Gogh

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

Reckoning with Millet's "Man with a Hoe," 1863-1900 hawke PreviouslyEdited 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