The Muse: History

Camille Corot

ca. 1865 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

The model for this work may have been Emma Dobigny, who often sat for Corot at the end of his career. Corot painted four other Muses in the 1860s. All of them evoke a mood of melancholy.

Artist

Camille Corot

Date

ca. 1865

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929