Poster - Jean-François Millet, The Angelus Ringing
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Poster - Jean-François Millet, The Angelus Ringing
With this framed poster - Jean-François Millet, The Angelus Ringing, you set a striking mark in any room. Printed on high-quality, thick, matte paper.
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• 0.26 mm (10.3 mil) thick
• Black and white frame made of semi-hard alder wood
• Frame made of solid oak wood
• Front protective foil made of Acrylite
• Includes hanging fittings
• 21 × 30 cm posters are size A4
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How to attach the hooks to horizontal frames of 61 × 91 cm:
Attach each of the fastening hooks 2.5 cm away from the frame corners when hanging the poster horizontally.
The Angelus (The Angelus Ringing) – Jean-François Millet
Creation: 1857–1859
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: approx. 55.5 × 66 cm
Location: Musée d'Orsay
Depiction and Atmosphere
With The Angelus, Millet created one of the most moving pictures of French realism. On a harvested field, a man and a woman stand side by side. Their work tools – a wheelbarrow and a basket of potatoes – point to the just-finished workday. In the distance, the tower of a church rises, barely more than a silhouette in the evening light.
The couple has paused. Both bow their heads in prayer as the Angelus ringing sounds from the village. The scene is marked by quiet dignity. Nothing dramatic happens – and precisely in this lies its effect. The calm of the moment conveys composure, modesty, and inner focus.
Composition
The composition is clearly structured. Vertical elements – the standing figure of the man, the upright pitchfork, and the distant church tower – divide the space. Opposite stands the wide horizon line of the field. The sky takes up a large part of the area and enhances the impression of vastness and stillness.
Through this simple, balanced arrangement, an almost monumental effect arises, although the painting itself is not large in format.
Color and Light
Millet works with restrained, earth-bound tones. Brown and ochre shades dominate the ground, while the sky is kept in muted blue and gray tones. The evening light softly models the figures and reduces details. They do not appear as individual portraits but as symbols of peasant existence.
The subdued coloring contributes significantly to the contemplative mood.
Meaning and Interpretation
The work combines social reality with a spiritual dimension. It shows not only agricultural work but also its embedding in religious tradition. The pause in prayer gives everyday life a transcendent level.
Salvador Dalí saw hidden psychological tensions in the picture. In the art-historical context, however, it remains above all an expression of realism and appreciation of rural life.
Art-Historical Classification
The Angelus is one of the best-known works of the Barbizon school. Millet elevated simple peasant life to a worthy subject and gave it an almost timeless validity. The combination of everyday scene and quiet spirituality made the painting extraordinarily popular in the late 19th century and secured its firm place in European art history.
