View of Genzano with a Rider and Peasant
Corot based the background of this small painting on a plein-air study of identical dimensions, View of Genzano (2009.400.29). In place of its empty foreground, however, he developed the composition by adding figures, a road, rocks, and trees. It is likely that Corot completed this landscape in the studio of his compatriot Achille Benouville (1815–1891), as a gift for Alexis-René Le Go (1798–1883), secretary of the French Academy in Rome.
Artwork Details
- Title: View of Genzano with a Rider and Peasant
- Artist: Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris)
- Date: 1843 or later
- Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard
- Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (18.4 x 29.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
- Object Number: 2009.400.30
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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