First Steps, after Millet
1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a tender domestic scene in a garden, capturing a child's first steps between two adults. It is an interpretation by Van Gogh of an earlier work by Jean-François Millet, an artist he deeply admired.
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This painting is a tender scene depicting a child's first steps, painted by Van Gogh after an etching by Jean-François Millet, an artist he deeply admired for his depictions of peasant life. Van Gogh created several "copies" or interpretations of Millet's works during his time at the asylum in Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, finding comfort and inspiration in Millet's themes of family and labor. This particular piece, with its characteristic vibrant brushstrokes, transforms Millet's somber original into a more hopeful and colorful vision, reflecting Van Gogh's emotional state and artistic interpretation.
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First Steps, after Millet
Vincent van Gogh, 1890
