Banks of the Stream near the Corot Property, Ville d'Avray

Camille Corot

ca. 1823 · Oil on paper, laid down on wood · European Paintings

Corot painted this brisk but assured sketch while he was a pupil of Jean-Victor Bertin and kept it until he died. It depicts Corot’s mother and sister standing by a large Italian poplar that marked the entrance to the family’s property at Ville d’Avray, near Paris.

Artist

Camille Corot

Date

ca. 1823

Medium

Oil on paper, laid down on wood

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009