# The Gleaners

By [Jean-François Millet](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/jean-francois-millet.md>), 1857.

Three women bend to gather leftover grain while distant abundance and a mounted overseer sharpen the painting's social contrast.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 83.5 × 110 cm
- Collection: [Musée d'Orsay](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/musee-orsay.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/des-glaneuses-342>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![Three women stoop to gather grain in a harvested field while large haystacks rise in the distance.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/orsay-gleaners/full.jpg?v=2bac81a46a554211f1537e25823ee6ebe4125b49e28fd8722dbad7d90f7b7d83>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- Collection of the Musée d'Orsay
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Millet_-_Gleaners_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Musée d'Orsay collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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