The Plough and the Harrow after Millet

Vincent van Gogh

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Work Overview

The Plough and the Harrow (after Millet)
Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1890; Saint-rémy-de-provence, France *
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: landscape
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 92 x 72 cm
Location: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands


Van Gogh used Millet's work, and Alfred Delaunay's etching of Millet's work, as inspiration for this painting. In Van Gogh's version he added black crows and made the winter scene more bleak, deserted and cold. His choice of color, composition and brushstroke make this work uniquely his own.