Antique Bronzed Cast Iron Angelus Bookends Heavy 5\" Tall Farmers Harvest Millet For Sale

Antique Bronzed Cast Iron Angelus Bookends Heavy 5\" Tall Farmers Praying Harvest Millet
Nice pair of bronze finish bookends depicting a farmer and his wife praying. Has a beautiful antique patina. This is a sister scene to the popular Gleaners, known as the Angelus. The Angelus (French: L\'Angélus) is an oil painting by French painter Jean-François Millet, completed between 1857 and 1859. The painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field over a basket of potatoes to say a prayer, the Angelus, that together with the ringing of the bell from the church on the horizon marks the end of a day\'s work.
Each bookend weighs 2#.