STORIES
PICTURES TELL
FEEDING HER BIRDS
Original Picture: Lille Museum, Lille, France.
Artist: Jean François Millet (zhäN fräN´swä´´ mē´lĕ´´).
Birthplace: Gruchy, France.
Dates: Born, 1814; died, 1875.
Questions to arouse interest. What do you see in this picture? What are the children doing? Where do they live? On what are they sitting? Whom can you see behind the house? What is he doing? What do you think the children were doing before their mother called them? why? What does the hen expect? What else do you see in the picture? What time of day do you think it is? Why is this picture called "Feeding Her Birds"? How many like it? why?