The Angelus
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1859 oil painting depicting peasants praying at dusk
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentLaura CummingThe Rest Is History · Greatest Paintings: The French Revolution - Millet's Angelus · 2:54 · 25 Feb
…And hence the title of the painting, The Angelus, which is the prayer, which in these kind of pre-industrial days where we don't have yet, you know, watches and clocks and so on, this happens three times a day and it marks the span of the day, sunset, noon and dusk.…
Laura CummingThe Rest Is History · Greatest Paintings: The French Revolution - Millet's Angelus · 1:18 · 25 Feb
…The painting is The Angelus, painted in 1859 by Jean-Francois Millet, who is, I always think, rather amusingly, he's spelt M-I-L-L-E-T, like Millet, and R. Millet is spelt M-I-L-L-A-I-S, and I don't know, it's sort of strange.…
Tom HollandThe Rest Is History · Greatest Paintings: The French Revolution - Millet's Angelus · 0:25 · 25 Feb
…And today we will be looking at the Angelus by Jean-François Millet, mid-19th century painting.…
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