Gustave Caillebotte’sLes raboteurs de parquet (The Floor Scrapers, 1875) is a groundbreaking oil painting that marks a turning point in modern French art. Measuring 192 × 146 cm, it is currently part of the permanent collection at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. This work stands out as one of the first major representations of the urban working class—a sharp contrast to the rural peasants of Millet or the laborers of Courbet.
