Oil painting of an older woman in a white headscarf pointing toward chickens, with a young girl in yellow clinging to her skirt against a muted stone wall.

Woman Feeding Chickens

An elderly peasant woman in a white headscarf, brown bodice and red skirt reaches out toward a flock of chickens at lower left. A young girl in a pale yellow dress clings to her side, half hidden behind her skirt. The loose, earthy brushwork of this oil painting renders the muted ochre ground and dusky stone wall behind them.

Artist: Jean François Millet
Date: 1846-48
Medium: Oil on canvas
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2018 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1848).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Field Memorial Collection

19th century french realism barbizon school oil on canvas peasant woman girl chickens farm animal muted earth tones