A man strides across rough ground scattering seed. His body is dark against the sky, almost heroic, but his heroism is labor. Each step is effort and hope. Millet makes sowing feel ancient, necessary, and uncertain. The future leaves his hand as grain.

Oil on canvas with strong silhouette, rough brushwork, and dramatic movement. The figure dominates the landscape.

Seed suggests hope, work, and the cycle of life. The sower becomes both laborer and almost biblical archetype.

Shown after the 1848 Revolution, the painting’s monumental peasant figure seemed politically charged to many viewers.

Van Gogh admired and reinterpreted Millet’s sowers, carrying the image into Post-Impressionist color and spiritual intensity.