{"product_id":"the-siesta-jean-francois-millet-1","title":"The Siesta - Jean-François Millet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoonday Rest\u003c\/b\u003e (La Méridienne), often known by its English title \u003cb\u003eThe Siesta\u003c\/b\u003e, was created in 1866 by the French Barbizon painter \u003cb\u003eJean-François Millet\u003c\/b\u003e as part of a series of pastels commissioned by the wealthy Parisian collector Émile Gavet. It depicts two peasants — a man and a woman — resting together in the shade of a haystack during the heat of the working day, their bodies slack with an exhaustion Millet renders as tender rather than merely weary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillet had spent two decades painting the dignity of rural labor, and by the mid-1860s he turned increasingly to pastel, a medium that let him work with a softer, more atmospheric touch than his earlier oils. The composition would later inspire Vincent van Gogh's own version of the same subject, painted at Saint-Rémy in 1889–90 after a black-and-white reproduction of Millet's original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow held in the collection of the \u003cb\u003eMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston\u003c\/b\u003e, this masterwork is presented here as a \u003cb\u003epremium stretched canvas reproduction\u003c\/b\u003e, printed on museum-quality matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a sturdy 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to display and built to last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJean-François Millet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1866\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePastel and black conté crayon on buff wove paper\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 1\/2 x 16 1\/2 in. (29.2 x 41.9 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMovement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRealism (Barbizon School)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Gallerivm","offers":[{"title":"S — 40×30 cm","offer_id":60049107157326,"sku":"GLV-13772384590-S","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M — 50×40 cm","offer_id":60049107190094,"sku":"GLV-13772384590-M","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L — 90×60 cm","offer_id":60049107222862,"sku":"GLV-13772384590-L","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1044\/1637\/9214\/files\/4aed5284-1f8d-4c58-98a6-bc0f365a27ab.jpg?v=1783282124","url":"https:\/\/gallerivm.com\/en-us\/products\/the-siesta-jean-francois-millet-1","provider":"Gallerivm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}