1855
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Souvenir of Ostia (Souvenir d'Ostie) is a 1855 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a hazy, sunlit landscape with a few trees and a small building in the distance. The lines are loose and quick, like a quick note of what the artist saw. The whole thing looks faint, almost like it was drawn with light instead of pencil. The artist used a special method called *cliché-verre*—basically, they printed the drawing like a photo. It’s not fully colored, but the light and shadow still feel real. Next, check out Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille to see more of his sketches.
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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