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CAMILLE COROT. SIBYLLE

Sibylle. Artist: Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796-1875 Paris). Dimensions: 32 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (81.9 x 64.8 cm). Date: ca. 1870.
This handsome work ranks as one of Corot's most accomplished efforts at approximating Raphael's High Renaissance style. Its pose closely follows the portrait of Bindo Altoviti (National Gallery of Art, Washington), believed, in Corot's day, to be Raphael's self-portrait, but Corot arrived at this composition incrementally. X-radiographs reveal an earlier state in which the model plays the cello: the left hand held the neck of the instrument and the right hand, slightly raised, held the bow. Corot made several adjustments to these accessories before painting them out altogether, dropping the model's right hand to her lap and inserting a rose or pink in her left hand.

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Author: CAMILLE COROT (1796-1875)

Title: SIBYLLE

Caption: Sibylle. Artist: Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796-1875 Paris). Dimensions: 32 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (81.9 x 64.8 cm). Date: ca. 1870. This handsome work ranks as one of Corot's most accomplished efforts at approximating Raphael's High Renaissance style. Its pose closely follows the portrait of Bindo Altoviti (National Gallery of Art, Washington), believed, in Corot's day, to be Raphael's self-portrait, but Corot arrived at this composition incrementally. X-radiographs reveal an earlier state in which the model plays the cello: the left hand held the neck of the instrument and the right hand, slightly raised, held the bow. Corot made several adjustments to these accessories before painting them out altogether, dropping the model's right hand to her lap and inserting a rose or pink in her left hand.

Technique/material: OIL ON CANVAS

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3959 × 4990 px | 56.5 MB

Print size: 33.5 × 42.2 cm | 1558.7 × 1964.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CAMILLE COROT • CANVAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • FRANCE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL ON CANVAS • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS