Italian Landscape (Site d'Italie, Soleil Levant)

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Italian Landscape (Site d'Italie, Soleil Levant)

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

French Artist · 1796–1875

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> In my eyes, nobody taught me anything. When one finds oneself alone confronted by nature, one extricates oneself as best one can, and naturally one invents one's own style. > > --Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Corot spent much of his life without widespread appreciation by France's artistic establishment or the public. Undeterred and blessed with an independent income, he pursued his own course: to

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Date
about 1835
Medium
Oil on canvas
Culture
French
Department
Paintings
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
61384492-4ee4-46af-bf3b-12195b60e5ff

Hazy, golden morning light bathes this peaceful landscape where peasants sing and dance in a field. The picturesque ruins of a Classical temple loom in the background just beyond a distinctive towering umbrella pine, a tree native to Italy. To the left, past the cows tranquilly wading in the reflective water, a town appears in the distance. The painting’s title *Site d’Italie* (Italian Landscape) indicates that this scene, rather than documenting one particular place, is meant to evoke a general, idealized notion of the Italian countryside. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot created this painting, and many of his compositions, from his memories and sketches done while traveling. His most popular works during his lifetime were these harmonious landscapes, which nostalgically recalled sites in Italy and called upon the idealized, Classical Italian landscape tradition pioneered by French painters like [Claude Lorrain](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/668/claude-lorrain-claude-gellee-french-16041605-1682/) (1604/05–1682). This painting is likely a companion piece to [*Landscape with Lake and Boatman*](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/741/jean-baptiste-camille-corot-landscape-with-lake-and-boatman-french-1839/), a shadowy and solitary sunset scene; like Claude before him, Corot sometimes paired views that contrast different times of day.

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