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Cow and Its Keeper (La Vache et sa gardienne)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

National Gallery of Art

The image is a sketch from a side perspective showing a figure and a cow in a pastoral scene. The horizon is low, with an expansive sky and faint clouds. The brushstrokes are loose and sketchy, adding movement and suggesting form. The color palette is monochromatic, comprising shades of brown on a cream background. There is a person standing next to a cow in the foreground, with sparse lines indicating a landscape with open fields and distant hills in the background.

Artwork Details

Date
1860
Medium
cliché-verre
Dimensions
4278 × 3142 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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