Artwork
Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest
Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest is an unspecified painting by the Barbizon school artist Jean Baptiste Camille Corot. It dates from 1842 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- 1962.35
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
About this work
Overview
Camille Corot's 'Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest' is a woodland painting created in 1842 during the artist's visit to Lormes, a village in Burgundy's Morvan region. The work captures a serene forest scene, emphasizing the interplay of natural elements.
Subject & Meaning
A girl in a red skirt, accompanied by a grazing white goat, sits on a mossy stream bank, partially obscured by surrounding foliage. The composition subtly downplays the human figure, instead highlighting the forest's ambiance and the effects of dappled sunlight.
Technique & Style
Corot employed a technique akin to sfumato, blending edges without sharp lines to convey the soft, uneven filtering of sunlight through the leaves. This approach contributes to the painting's calm, naturalistic mood.
History & Provenance
Painted in the summer of 1842, the work reflects Corot's response to the dense woodlands and picturesque landscapes of Lormes, Burgundy.
Artist & collection
Artist
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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