The Rest Is History

Greatest Paintings: The French Revolution - Millet's Angelus

February 25, 2026·6 min·4-min readnarrativehistory
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This episode of The Rest Is History explores Jean-François Millet’s 1859 painting The Angelus, a deceptively simple image of rural prayer that carries deep political and religious resonance in post-revolutionary France. Hosts Tom Holland and Laura Cumming unpack how the painting becam

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The Angelusby Jean-François Millet

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