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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Ville d'Avray - Entrance to the Wood ca. 1825 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Man scything by a willow grove, Artois ca. 1855-60 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Souvenir of the environs of La Ferté sous Jouarre (morning) ca. 1865-70 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
"Corot spent much of his life without widespread appreciation by France's artistic establishment or the public. Undeterred and blessed with an independent income, he pursued his own course: to preserve the freshness of his impressions of nature. The impressionists, whom he later befriended, embraced this intention, but unlike them, Corot painted only sketches outdoors; he composed his finished paintings in the studio. . . . In the 1850s Corot began painting the silvery, feathery landscapes that brought him such popularity – and were frequently forged, even in his own lifetime. Still later, for his own pleasure, he painted figures, which he seldom exhibited. Kindly 'Père Corot' was universally beloved and generous. He supported Jean-François Millet's widow and bought a house for the ailing, destitute Honoré Daumier."
– curator's notes from the Getty Museum
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Landscape with two cows ca. 1864-75 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Landscape at Coubron ca. 1870-72 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Ruin ca. 1865-70 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Goatherd ca. 1872 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The watering place before 1875 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Gathering primroses before 1875 oil on panel National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Evening landscape before 1875 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Landscape with a small cottage before 1875 etching National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Souvenir de Toscane before 1875 etching National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Woman writing at a table before 1875 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Artist's Mother (Marie-Françoise Oberson) ca. 1835-40 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
"Corot's mother Marie-Françoise was born in Switzerland. Along with her husband Louis-Jacques Corot, she ran a milliner's shop in the Rue du Bac in Paris, where Corot and his sister were brought up. The business was extremely successful and afforded the young Corot considerable financial independence when he decided to pursue a career as a painter. Corot was devoted to his mother, referring to her as 'la belle dame'. He later spent all his evenings with her when he was in Paris until her death in 1851 (aged 82). Judging from her clothing and hairstyle in this picture, it was probably painted around 1835-40, when she would have been in her late sixties."
– curator's notes from the National Galleries of Scotland