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Artist:
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
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Title:
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The Wounded Eurydice
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Date:
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c. 1868-1870
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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23 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (60.64 x 45.4 cm) (canvas)
31 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (79.38 x 64.77 x 8.26 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Mrs. Egil Boeckmann
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Location:
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Gallery 354
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This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms the basis of the Institute's nineteenth-century holdings.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1796 - 1875
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature LL in black: [COROT]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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Eurydice, while fleeing from Aristaeus, is killed by a snake.
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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67.31.1
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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