In his late career, corot regularly painted "souvenirs" or memories of sites that he had visited earlier in his life. Around thirty (or one-fifth) of his exhibited works during the last twenty years of his life included the word "souvenir" in the title. Here, the artist represents the bridge and 12th-century church of this small village about seven miles from fontainebleau. The silvery light is suggestive of the filtering of an image through memory. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: between circa 1865 and circa 1870. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 27.8 cm (10.9 in); width: 43.4 cm (17 in); Framed height: 54.9 cm (21.6 in); width: 70.4 cm (27.7 in); depth: 14.6 cm (5.7 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Landscape with Bridge - Walters 37152
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