This painting gives a good idea of the kind of work that Corot produced on a larger scale with such success. He was concerned less about an accurate depiction of a specific spot than about a mood, about nature as a place where the supernatural could also reveal itself. Sometimes he lets wood nymphs dance in his landscapes, but here there is just a horseman.
Specifications
| Title | Landscape near Ville d'Avray |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is travelling |
| Dimensions |
Width 33 cm Height 24 cm |
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| Artists |
Schilder:
Camille Corot
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| Accession number | VdV 8 |
| Credits | Bruikleen / Loan: Stichting Willem van der Vorm 1972 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1972 |
| Age artist | Between 64 and 79 years old |
| Collector | Collector / Willem van der Vorm |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Camille Corot
Parijs 1796 - Parijs 1875
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was trained in Paris as a classical landscape painter, after which, at the age of 29, he made a long journey of two years to Italy....
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