A shepherd guides a dense flock toward a fenced enclosure beneath a low, glowing moon. Millet reduces the field, hut, animals, and figures to dark masses, letting the moon’s muted light hold the quiet labor of night together. Sources: https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.30; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Millet%20-%20The%20Sheepfold%2C%20Moonlight%20-%20Walters%203730.jpg (Public domain image).

Exhibition Venue

Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, United States