1860
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Orpheus Leading Eurydice (Orphee entrainant Eurydice) is a 1860 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a group of people walking through a tangled forest. The trees are drawn with loose, wavy lines that fill the whole scene. In the middle, two figures stand close together, while others move ahead. The artist used a process called *cliché-verre*—gluing drawings onto glass and printing them—to create this hazy, layered effect. The lines feel both wild and controlled, like a quick sketch that still holds shape. Next, look up Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille to see how he played with light and movement in other works.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (UK: KORR-oh, US: kə-ROH, kor-OH; French: ; 16 July 1796 – 22 February 1875), or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching.
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