Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres) / Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
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- Accession Number
- 1962/2.19
- Title
- Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres)
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1875
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on manila "bulle" paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1874
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Barbizon School
- Inscription
- Signed on stone, l.l.: COROT
- Dimensions
- 26.5 cm x 18.4 cm (10 7/16 in. x 7 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A sketch of a hillside in the background, seen through the trees. The trees heights are low on the left, leaving the left corner of the image open, and extending taller towards the top of the page as they move right. Between the far right tree and the second to the right is a woman, about 1/5 the size of the tree she stands against. About halfway up the trunk, between the same two trees is a square structure with one darkened window in the middle and a dark scribble to the right of it.
- Subject Matter
- A landscape sketch with of a hill with a line of trees in the foreground and a woman standing within them, reading.
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- hills
- houses
- landscapes (environments)
- landscapes (representations)
- reading
- standing
- trees
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- upward
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- dwellings
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- layout features
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plants
- residential structures
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 949 x 1355
- File Size
- 196 KB
- Record
- 1962/2.19
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"Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres); Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1962-sl-2.19/1962_2.19.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.