Jean-Francois Millet [The Winnower] c. 1848

 

◧ Artist: Jean-Francois Millet (1814 - 1875)
◧ Country: France
◧ Title: [The Winnower]      
◧ Medium: Oil painting on wood
◧ Painting Size:  79.5 x 58.5 cm

◧ Museum:  Musée d'Orsay, Paris 

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◧ Country of Stamp Issue: France
◧ Date of Issue: April 3, 1971
◧ Face Value: 1 French Franc
◧ Issued as a part of Paintings 1971 series



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[The Winnower (Un Vanneur)] is the title of three paintings painted by Jean-Francois Millet between 1847 and 1848. The first one below, now kept at the National Gallery, London was painted in 1847-48 and presented at the Salon of 1848. 
1847-1848 [The Winnower] National Gallery, London

Subsequently, Millet proposed two other versions, one kept at the Louvre Museum and the another at the Musée d'Orsay, which is the featured on the stamp.
1848 [The Winnower] Louvre Museum
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