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A Moment Held Still

Stand here a moment. This is The Angelus — Millet, 1859. Two figures in a field at dusk, heads bowed, the earth utterly still.

No drama, no grandeur. Only the end of a working day, and two people stopped by a distant bell.

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Musée d'Orsay

Paris

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