Why it matters
Death, armed with his scythe, comes for a woodcutter who has just put down his too-heavy bundle of wood: an illustration of La Fontaine's fable.
Did you know?
- It dates from 1858–1859.
- It is an allegory.
- It has been in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek since 1878.
Based on the French Wikipedia article La Mort et le Bûcheron (Millet) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
