The Philosophers' Retreat
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1871 · Transfer lithograph printed in brown on light gray China paper laid down on white wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Philosophers' Retreat is a public-domain illustration by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, dated 1871. Transfer lithograph printed in brown on light gray China paper laid down on white wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Philosophers' Retreat” (1871) is the kind of softly lit landscape Corot sketched on the spot in Italy or France and then assembled in the studio.
About the artist
Camille Corot (1796–1875) was a French landscape painter. He sketched in Italy and France, then built silvery, softly lit woodland pictures in the studio that were widely copied.
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