Detail of The Ferryman by Corot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Artist: Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

Title: The Ferryman

Date: ca. 1865

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 26 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (66.4 x 49.2 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Accession Number: 14.40.811

On View

Gallery Label:

Like many of the landscapes Corot painted at the end of his career, "The Ferryman" exemplifies the timeless, idyllic quality that contemporary critics appreciated in his work.

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