Sibylle by Camille Corot

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Sibylle

Camille Corot · ca. 1870

Artist
Camille Corot French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
32 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (81.9 x 64.8 cm)
Where to see it
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗

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About Camille Corot

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his vast output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.

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