Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Camille Corot - Marietta, the Roman Odalisque


Marietta poses in the studio of Achille Benouville which Corot used during his third and last trip to Rome. Worked in smears and showing the initial layout of the pencil, the work is a subtle variation of pink ochre, brown, white and pale green.

[Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 29.3 x 44.2 cm]

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