The Dance of the Nymphs

The Dance of the Nymphs
ArtistJean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Year1850
TypeOil on canvas, Landscape painting
Dimensions98 cm × 131 cm (39 in × 52 in)
Location

The Dance of the Nymphs (French: La Danse des nymphes) is an 1850 oil painting by the French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.[1] A landscape, it displays a group of nymphs dancing in a wooded glen.[2] It is also known by the longer title Morning: The Dance of the Nymphs.[3]

Corot was a leading participant in the Barbizon School, influencing the later Impressionist movement. The painting was displayed at the Salon of 1850 at the Louvre in Paris. It was acquired by the French state in 1851. Today it is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay[4] [5]

References

Bibliography

  • Boime, Albert. Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, 1815-1848. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
  • Gärtner, Peter J. & Padberg, Martina & Sander, Birgit & Stukenbrock, Christiane. Musée D'Orsay: Art & Architecture. Könemann, 2001.
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