Curator’s note

Interrupted Reading

A contemplative figure painting by Corot of a young woman pausing from her book, revealing the lyrical sensibility the landscape master also brought to figures.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date: 1870
Medium: canvas

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ArtistJean-Baptiste-Camille Corot PeriodImpressionism CountryFrance MuseumArt Institute of Chicago

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