1855
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Little Shepherd is a 1855 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a lone figure, a small child, standing under a large tree. The tree’s branches spread wide, filling most of the picture. The background is a tangle of lines—grass, bushes, and a faint path—all drawn in quick, scratchy strokes. Light and dark areas blur together, making the scene feel soft and hazy. The artist left the paper edges rough, almost like the drawing was torn from a sketchbook. The child’s face is simple, just a few lines, but their posture suggests they’re looking out toward something. Next, check out Jean Baptiste Camille Corot to see how he turned simple scenes into big ideas.
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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