A Village Street: Dardagny

Camille Corot

1852, 1857, or 1863 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

Corot was a tireless traveler, and the extension of the network of French railroads in the 1850s widened the range of his summer journeys. In 1852, 1857, and 1863, he visited Dardagny, a small village near Geneva. This view, essentially unchanged today, was probably painted on Corot’s first visit. It is an excellent example of his remarkable ability to derive a poetic scene from a prosaic site.

Artist

Camille Corot

Date

1852, 1857, or 1863

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900