“Speak to me no more of the old masters. Not one of them can stand up to this sturdy fellow”

—  Charles-François Daubigny

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Quote c. 1860, in Corot', Gary Tinterow, Michael Pantazzi, Vincent Pomarède - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), National Gallery of Canada, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1996, p. 272 – quote 65
1840s - 1850s

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