Mother and Child
This small panel, probably done in the 1860s, was evidently well known and admired in Corot's circle of friends. Both Constant Dutilleux (1807–1865) and Charles Desavary (1837–1885), two painters living in Arras, a town in northern France that Corot often visited, copied the painting. About 1873 Corot gave it to his patron Cléophas, who had provided him with a supplementary studio where he could work undisturbed.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mother and Child
- Artist: Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris)
- Date: probably 1860s
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (32.4 x 22.5 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Mrs. P. H. B. Frelinghuysen, 1930
- Object Number: 30.13
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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