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The seated armed Man by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

The seated armed Man

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1850

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Artist
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Date
1850
Location
Musée d'Orsay
ART MOVEMENTS
Barbizon schoolNaturalism
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, a pivotal French landscape painter, masterfully bridged Neo-Classicism with the emerging plein-air innovations of Impressionism.

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Beyond Corot and Naturalism: works from the same years, and from the other movements The seated armed Man belongs to.

The Estuary Farm Same movement · Barbizon school The Estuary Farm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1831 · Art Institute of Chicago The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Same era · 1830s–1860s The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Léon-Victor Dupré · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago Woman Feeding Chickens Same movement · Barbizon school Woman Feeding Chickens Jean-François Millet · 1850 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1830s–1860s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mount Chocorua and Moat Mountain from North Conway Same era · 1830s–1860s Mount Chocorua and Moat Mountain from North Conway William Hart · 1850 Portrait of a Woman, Called Héloïse Abélard Same era · 1830s–1860s Portrait of a Woman, Called Héloïse Abélard Gustave Courbet · 1850 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion Same era · 1830s–1860s Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion Eugène Delacroix · 1849 · Art Institute of Chicago Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Same era · 1830s–1860s Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1853 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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