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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Banks of a River Dominated in the Distance by Hills, ca. 1871-1873

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Description

Maker

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1796-1875, French

Title

Banks of a River Dominated in the Distance by Hills

Year

ca. 1871-1873

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

31.9 x 46 x 3.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed LR:COROT

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

24.089

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange

From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

European Painting and Sculpture, circa 1770-1937

October 18, 1991 - January 26, 1992

From Bastille to Beaubourg

July 7 - August 26, 1989

Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University

February 16 - April 2, 1967

European Galleries

Throughout his life, Corot painted the ponds and forests around Ville d’Avray, a village outside Paris where his family had a home. As here, the scenes he depicted were still and intimate, shallow in depth, and infused with an atmospheric blue-gray haze. He painted many versions of these views, calling them souvenirs in reference to their recurrence in his memory. His landscapes sometimes provided the backdrops for overtly classical subjects, but in this example the view itself is as significant as the figures gathering wildflowers.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Banks of a River Dominated in the Distance by Hills with the accession number of 24.089. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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