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Artist:
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
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Title:
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Silenus
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Date:
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1838
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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97 1/2 x 70 1/2 in. (247.65 x 179.07 cm) (canvas)
113 x 86 1/2 in. (287.02 x 219.71 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of J. Jerome Hill
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Location:
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Gallery 321
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Corot took this subject of ancient gods courting in an idyllic landscape from Virgil's Eclogues, a Roman poem of the 1st century B.C. With its moralizing mythological theme, this picture is an excellent example of historical landscape painting, a category of painting first popularized by Nicholas Poussin. Silenus is Corot's most overt tribute to his great 17th-century predecessor.
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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 and Date In black: [C COROT 1838]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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73.42.2
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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