Willows and Poplars

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

published by Robaut

1871

Medium

lithograph with chine collé

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 40.4 x 56.7 cm (15 7/8 x 22 5/16 in.); Chine collé: 25.7 x 39.4 cm (10 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

Culture

France, 19th century

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art, Prints

Credit line

Gift of Robert M. Light in honor of Louise S. Richards

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

Willows and Poplars summarizes Corot’s aesthetic, combining elements from the classical tradition from which he evolved with the hazy poetic character of his mature style. The dream of Arcadia is suggested by the two figures, utterly removed from time and place, reclining under the grove of trees. The line is so relaxed that it draws the beholder into a contemplative state of reverie.

• Realism
• Prints
• Trees and forests
• 1800s
• France