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The Banks of the Seine at Conflans

ca. 1865–70
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 803
In 1868, about the time this work was painted, the aspiring artist Odilon Redon noted Corot’s advice "to place an unknown next to a known" in his compositions. That approach to picture-making is evident in this scene of workers, which has a ring of familiarity although the precise labor depicted resists identification. It is replete with details, such as the fruit on the tree at the center and the lettering on the sign at the top right, that favor painterly qualities over legibility. Yet the painting appears to be far more grounded in observation than the landscapes Corot typically conjured in his later years.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Banks of the Seine at Conflans
  • Artist: Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1865–70
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 21 7/8 in. (46.4 x 55.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Eloise Lawrence Breese Norrie, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.70.4
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Gessate in the Province of Milan, Camille Corot French, Pencil on off-white wove paper
Gessate in the Province of Milan
Camille Corot
1834
Souvenir of the Villa Pamphili
Camille Corot
1871
Italian Landscape (recto); Rocks and foliage (verso), Camille Corot French, Pen and brown ink over graphite
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