The Shepherdess after Millet

Vincent van Gogh

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Work Overview

The Shepherdess (after Millet)
Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1889; Saint-rémy-de-provence, France *
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 40.7 x 52.7 cm
Location: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel


The source was a woodcut (27.3 x 21.9 cm) by Jean-Baptise Millet after his brother Jean-François Millet. Its strong contour line was the inspiration for Vincent van Gogh's Sorrow.