Month: June 2013

Shelburne Museum (Vermont)

Founded: 1947 address: 6000 Shelburne Road, PO Box 10, Shelburne, VT 05482, United States Website: https://shelburnemuseum.org/ Collections: • Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Bacchante avec une Panthère (1860) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Le Grand Canal à Venise (1875) See also: • Museums | Shelburne, VT (USA)

Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (1826)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue depuis les jardins Farnèse (View from the Farnese Gardens, Rome) 1826 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 24.4475 x 40.005 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington After working several years in France, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot embarked for Italy in…

Agostina (1866)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Agostina 1866 Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 97.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This model was likely an immigrant from the rural region near Rome. Corot dressed her in traditional costume and placed her in an Italian…

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

(1796–1875) The artist’s works: Corot à son chevalet 1825 Musée du Louvre, Paris La Trinité-des-Monts c.1825–1828 Musée du Louvre, Paris Aqueduc c.1826–1828 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine 1826 Private collection Le Velino, la Sortie du Lac de Papigno…

Gustav Klimt: Quotations

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) “Whoever wants to know something about me – as an artist which alone is significant – they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.”