River with a Distant Tower, 1865, Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 30 7/8 in. (54.6 x 78.4 cm), Paintings, Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796–1875 Paris), The writer Théophile Thoré repeated his habitual criticism of Corot in 1865, the date of this picture: 'Corot almost never made anything besides the same one landscape, but it is good.' The landscape here was conceived by Corot in his studio from stock elements that he knew by heart: the cluster of silvery trees, the body of leaden water, the peasant figures and boatman, the distant tower
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