Study for "The Destruction of Sodom"
This small sketch records Corot’s composition for The Destruction of Sodom (29.100.18) as the artist conceived it in 1843. That year, the large painting was rejected by the jurors of the Paris Salon but it was accepted when Corot resubmitted it in 1844.
Artwork Details
- Title: Study for "The Destruction of Sodom"
- Artist: Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris)
- Date: 1843
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. (35.9 x 49.8 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1984
- Object Number: 1984.75
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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