Jean-François Millet, 1872 - Calling the Cows Home - fine art print

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Millet mentioned this painting in a letter of August 1872 to his friend and biographer, Alfred Sensier: "I've groaned more than I've worked, since I've done hardly anything but a sketch. You know the subject, a cowherd sounding his horn to collect his cattle at the end of the day." Millet had treated this subject in a charcoal drawing of 1857–58 and a pastel of 1866.

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This 19th century painting Calling the Cows Home was made by the male painter Jean-François Millet in 1872. The 140 year old version of the masterpiece measures the following size: 37 1/4 x 25 1/2 in (94,6 x 64,8 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the artist as the technique for the artpiece. Today, this artpiece is part of the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art - the museum is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. This public domain work of art is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Arthur Whitney, 1950. The creditline of the artpiece is the following: Gift of Mrs. Arthur Whitney, 1950. Furthermore, alignment is portrait and has a side ratio of 2 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% shorter than the width. Jean-François Millet was a painter from France, whose art style can primarily be classified as Realism. The European artist was born in the year 1814 and deceased at the age of 61 in the year 1875.

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• Canvas: A canvas direct print is a printed cotton canvas stretched on a wood stretcher. What is more, canvas generates a homelike and pleasing appearance. A canvas print of your favorite masterpiece will allow you to transform your individual into a large size work of art. Hanging your canvas print: The great advantage of canvas prints is that they are relatively low in weight, meaning that it is easy and straightforward to hang up your Canvas print without any wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suitable for any type of wall.
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• The acrylic glass print: A glossy acrylic glass print, often labelled as a plexiglass print, will change the original artwork into great décor. What is more, it is a great alternative option to dibond and canvas fine art replicas. The work of art will be manufactured with the help of state-of-the-art UV print technology. The effect of this are and rich colors. The great upside of an acrylic glass art print is that contrasts as well as painting details will be more visible because of the very subtle tonal gradation.
• The poster print (canvas material): Our poster print is a printed canvas paper with a slight texture on the surface, which reminds the original artwork. Please keep in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster we add a white margin 2 - 6cm around the work of art to facilitate the framing with a custom frame.

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