Reckoning with Millet's "Man with a Hoe," 1863 - 1900A revelatory exploration of one of Jean Franois Millet's most contentious paintings. A monumentalizing portrayal of a peasant bowed over by brutal toil, Man with a Hoe (186062) by Jean Franois Millet (18141875) is arguably the most art historically significant painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of nineteenth century European art. This volume situates the work in the arc of Millet's career and traces its fascinating and contentious