Houses near Orléans (Maisons aux Environs d'Orléans)
about 1830
- Medium
- Oil on paper, mounted on millboard
- Dimensions
- 28.6 × 38.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-135318
A countryside path cuts across a mustard-yellow field and slopes downward toward a small village. Under a cloudless sky, crisp, strong sunlight brightens a zigzag row of roofs and chimneys. Contrasting shadows are cast from rooftop to rooftop. In the right foreground, a less sharply defined verdant mass balances the geometrical order of the architecture. During the summer of 1830, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot left his native Paris and traveled in northern and central France. The oil study was most likely produced during this sojourn. Corot painted the view in the out-of-doors. Scholars believe this work was not intended for exhibition or sale nor did it serve as a preliminary study for a larger picture. Instead, it is likely the work remained in Corot's studio as an exploration of the effects of light and nature on geometric architectural forms.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1830 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
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