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“You are sitting under a tree, enjoying all the comfort and quiet which is possible to find in this life, when suddenly you see a poor creature, loaded with a heavy bundle of sticks coming up the narrow path opposite. The unexpected and always striking way in which this figure appears before your eyes reminds you instantly of the sad fate of humanity – weariness.”

— Jean – François Millet

Woodchopper

European Art East: Burkhardt Gallery»

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