Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Roman Campagna with the Claudian Aqueduct 1826 National Gallery, London |
Corot's earliest landscape style, shaped during periods of study in Italy, featured wide horizons and open skies. His obsession with the quality of light was with him always. In old age he preferred misty effects of silvery gauze, but in robust youth the light poured out of the pictures.
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Castel Sant'Angelo with the dome of St Peter's in the distance ca. 1830-32 Clark Art Institute |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Hagar in the Wilderness 1835 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Seine near Rouen ca. 1829-33 National Gallery, London |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Mountainous Landscape not dated Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot View of Lormes 1840s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot View of Genzano 1843 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Dardagny Morning 1853 National Gallery, London |
Corot painted portraits and other figure studies from time to time, in between landscapes. Immediately below is Corot's one and only equestrian portrait. The man on the horse was a country neighbor.
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Monsieur Pivot on Horseback ca. 1853 National Gallery, London |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Woman in Bridal Dress ca. 1855-65 National Gallery, London |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Curious Little Girl 1860-64 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot study for The Burning of Sodom 1843 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Burning of Sodom (cut down) 1843 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot River with a distant tower 1865 Metropolitan Museum of Art |