The Four Times of Day : Noon

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The Four Times of Day : Noon

Artist : Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Model : Le Midi

Date : near 1858

Dimensions : 62 cm x 142 cm
Material : Oil painting on wood
Acquisition : On loan from the Loyd Collection

National Gallery
Academicians and landscape Painters
Main Building - First Floor - Section 41

Item 4 on 24
French Painting
Painting (Landscape)

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France

Description

Corot painted these four panels in a single week as decorations for the studio of his friend, the painter Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps. They trace the deepening light of the sky from silvery morning to star-studded night.

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Academicians and landscape Painters

The Four Times of Day : Evening
Landscape
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Dimensions : 142 cm x 73 cm
near 1858

The Four Times of Day : Morning
Landscape
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Dimensions : 142 cm x 72 cm
1858

The Four Times of Day : Night
Landscape
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Dimensions : 142 cm x 65 cm
near 1858

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