“I thank heaven that I was born in the same century as this remarkable artist”
= Daubigny
a remark c. 1865; as quoted 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
1860s
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 17
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The Oaken Heart
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