Keywords: Jean-François Millet - The Sower - Walters 37905.jpg Millet first gained widespread notoriety with his iconic image of a sower shown at the 1850/51 Paris Salon In this pastel version he integrates the sower into the landscape around Barbizon with a harrower a flock of crows and the tower of Chailly visible in the distance Millet built up his composition with a network of black chalk lines before adding his pastels ca 1865 pastel and crayon or pastel on cream buff paper cm 43 5 53 5 accession number 37 905 21057 Montaignac Paris William T Walters city Baltimore George A Lucas as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1884 J F Millet in chalk in lower right The Essence of Line The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 A Baltimorean in Paris George A Lucas 1860-1909 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 A Connoisseur's Portfolio French Masterworks on Paper The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1992 The Road to Impressionism Landscapes from Corot to Manet The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D A Connoisseur's Portfolio The Essence of Line Paintings by Jean-François Millet II French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1860s paintings from France Sowing in art |