Portrait of a man

The "Portrait of a Man" by Jean-François Millet, revered French artist and founder of the Barbizon school, displays the hallmark features of the Realism art movement. This portrait, executed primarily in oil on canvas, showcases Millet's late-career shift into pure landscape paintings. The subject, a common peasant farmer, is depicted with Millet's noted attention to candid detail and naturalistic representation. True to his oeuvre, Millet also employed pastels and Conté crayon for depth and vividness, capturing the quiet dignity of his subject matter.