Venus Clipping Cupid's Wings, first plate
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1869–70 · Etching on off-white Japanese paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Venus Clipping Cupid's Wings, first plate is a public-domain illustration by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, dated 1869–70. Etching on off-white Japanese paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Venus Clipping Cupid's Wings, first plate” (1869–70) 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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