22kt Decor Plates Noritake THE GLEANERS, THE ANGELUS artist Jean-François Millet

Description: Vintage Mid-Century Era Wide 22kt Gold Banded Decorative Porcelain Plate by Le Petite China, Noritake's Premier Home Decor Line These beautiful porcelain plates pay homage to the works of French Realism Artist Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875), Barbizon, France. Titled "The Gleaners" and "The Angelus", the original oil on canvas paintings reside in the Musee 'd Orsay, Paris, France and depict life of the working class. Description / Condition: Both plates are in excellent condition without any cracks, chips or hairlines and measure just over 10" in diameter. The wide, floral lacy textured 22kt gold band provides texture and interest and overall the large amount of gold provides a brilliant luxurious shine. I do note a single manufacturing flaw on the back of one plate that was a cut mark. It was glazed over and does not harm the image or proper side for display purposes or integrity of the china. These were sourced from a lovely Mid-Century Era home estate collection and were used for display plates only in the dining room as part of a larger fine plate collection. They are clean and were never subjected to smoking. Shipping: Careful packaging and sent via USPS with tracking and insurance. Thanks for Looking! The Gleaners Millet's The Gleaners was preceded by a vertical painting of the image in 1854 and an etching in 1855. Millet unveiled The Gleaners at the Salon in 1857. It immediately drew negative criticism from the French middle and upper classes, who viewed the topic with disdain. Having recently come out of the French Revolution of 1848, these prosperous classes saw the painting as glorifying the lower-class worker. To them, it was a reminder that French society was built upon the labor of the working masses, and landowners linked this working class with the growing movement of socialism. The depiction of the working class in The Gleaners made the upper classes feel uneasy about their status. The masses of workers greatly outnumbered the members of the upper class. This disparity in numbers meant that if the lower class were to revolt, the upper class would be overturned. With the French Revolution still fresh in the minds of the upper classes, this painting was not perceived well. The Angelus The painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field over a basket of potatoes to say a prayer, the Angelus, that together with the ringing of the bell from the church on the horizon marks the end of a day's work. But Louvre made an X-ray of the painting on request of Dali who was impressed greatly by the contrast between the idyllic background and tragic poses of the peasants. It appeared that originally instead of basket with potatoes Millet depicted a baby coffin. Thus, the couple was burying their child,Millet was commissioned by the American would-be painter and art collector Thomas Gold Appleton, who never came to collect it. Millet said: "The idea for The Angelus came to me because I remembered that my grandmother, hearing the church bell ringing while we were working in the fields, always made us stop work to say the Angelus prayer for the poor departed." Completed between 1857 and 1859, it is an oil painting on canvas. When Appleton failed to take possession, Millet added a steeple and changed the initial title of the work, Prayer for the Potato Crop, to The Angelus.

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Location: Wichita, Kansas

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