View of Lormes

Camille Corot

early 1840s · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

This rapidly executed sketch, made outdoors, is one of several views of the countryside and villages in the Morvan, the mountainous region of Burgundy where Corot had many relatives, and which he visited in the early 1840s.

Artist

Camille Corot

Date

early 1840s

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mendelsohn, 1980