Garden Scene

Jean-François Millet

1854 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

Millet and his family spent the summer of 1854 at the village of Gruchy, where the artist was born. Gruchy sits on the granite cliffs of the rugged Normandy coast, overlooking the English Channel, which appears in the background of this picture.

Artist

Jean-François Millet

Date

1854

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914