The Gleaners (French: Les Glaneurs) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Jules Breton, from 1854.

Breton portrayed the poor often in idealized settings while Courbet's paintings were darker and less romanticized.

[1] In this case, Breton included a village policeman, who supervises the women and children who are gathering wheat, since men were not allowed.

The painting is bathed in warm light and shadows which suggests that the work day is coming to an end.

[2] Part of the painting appears on the cover of the book, Jules Breton: Painter of Peasant Life.