This painting depicts a young woman from the chest upwards, seated in a slightly turned position to the left. She has pale skin, reddish-brown hair styled back in a low bun, green eyes, and small pink lips that are slightly turned up at the ends. She is wearing a patterned garment with a plaid design in pink, light blue, and brown, featuring white trim around the neckline, along with some small black buttons. The background is a mottled gray with shades of light yellow and pale blue. The painting is signed "Corot" and dated "1859" in the bottom left corner.
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796 - 1875)

1850 or 1859

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 25.2 x 21 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.) ; framed: 43.5 x 39.4 cm (17 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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