The Sower
E125667
The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sower canonical | 2 |
| Le Semeur | 1 |
| Sower | 1 |
| The Sower (Jean-François Millet) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1092611 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: The Sower Context triple: [Jean-François Millet, notableWork, The Sower]
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The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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Harvest
Harvest is a 1972 folk-rock album by Neil Young, widely regarded as one of his signature works and a classic of the singer-songwriter era.
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C.
The First Harvest in the Wilderness
The First Harvest in the Wilderness is a 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Asher B. Durand that depicts early settlers reaping their first crops in a rugged, untamed environment.
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Clang of the Yankee Reaper
Clang of the Yankee Reaper is a 1976 studio album by American composer and arranger Van Dyke Parks, noted for its eclectic blend of calypso, pop, and orchestral influences.
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E.
La Moisson
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Sower Target entity description: The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
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A.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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B.
Harvest
Harvest is a 1972 folk-rock album by Neil Young, widely regarded as one of his signature works and a classic of the singer-songwriter era.
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C.
The First Harvest in the Wilderness
The First Harvest in the Wilderness is a 19th-century landscape painting by American artist Asher B. Durand that depicts early settlers reaping their first crops in a rugged, untamed environment.
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D.
Clang of the Yankee Reaper
Clang of the Yankee Reaper is a 1976 studio album by American composer and arranger Van Dyke Parks, noted for its eclectic blend of calypso, pop, and orchestral influences.
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E.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artist | Jean-François Millet ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
dignity of peasant labor
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relationship between humans and land ⓘ social conditions of rural workers ⓘ symbolism of sowing and growth ⓘ |
| basedOn | rural life in France ⓘ |
| collection |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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surface form:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection
|
| colorPalette | earth tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Jean-François Millet ⓘ |
| creatorMovement |
Barbizon school
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surface form:
Barbizon School
|
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
peasant farmer
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rural labor ⓘ sowing seeds ⓘ |
| depictsTimeOfDay | dawn or dusk ⓘ |
| describedAs |
iconic work of 19th-century Realism
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powerful depiction of rural labor ⓘ |
| genre | social realism ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | emblematic image of the French peasantry ⓘ |
| hasGenre | genre painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bag of seeds
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distant landscape ⓘ dramatic lighting ⓘ figure of a man walking across a field ⓘ ploughed field ⓘ |
| inception |
1850
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circa mid-19th century ⓘ |
| influenced | Vincent van Gogh’s paintings of sowers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French rural countryside
ⓘ
social concerns about peasantry in 19th-century France ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual artwork) ⓘ |
| location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Farmer
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surface form:
sower
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| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
monumental treatment of a peasant figure
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strong contrast of light and shadow ⓘ symbolic representation of labor and hope ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Sower
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Le Semeur
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| partOf | Millet’s series of peasant scenes ⓘ |
| period | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
agricultural work
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seed sowing ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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