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Camille Corot
Landscape sketch (c. 1855-1860)
oil on canvas on cardboard
20.1 × 35.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1924
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Landscape sketch
(c. 1855-1860)
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Measurements
20.1 × 35.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1924
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Like many Dutch landscape painters of the seventeenth century, Corot favoured low horizons and the perspective of a low vantage point in his landscapes. He frequently depicted marshlands and stands of willows and other trees in broad vistas. Corot’s much loved family home in Ville d’Avray near Paris boasted a pond and silver birches, planted by his father, which inspired numerous compositions that he subtly modified through artistic licence. For instance, the buildings on the far side of the pond seem overtly distant and the topography rendered lower to recall the sea-level landscapes of Holland from which Corot had recently returned.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: COROT
Accession Number
1316-3
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
cattle dirt roads men (male humans) waterfronts