Valléda (1868-70). Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875). Oil on wood. Mu
Valléda (1868-70). Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875). Oil on wood. Musée du Louvre, Paris.Corot painted figures, occasionally a friend posing in the studio, who is relocated in a poetic world that reflects the personality of the person. The subject becomes an archetype or an allegory, and often appears immersed in a deep reverie. Corot completes the metamorphoses by subsequently giving the picture a title borrowed from literature, as is the case in Valléda, the heroine of Chateaubriand’s Les Martyrs. -- source link
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