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The Vale: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), 1855-60, oil on wood, 35 x 53 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
There is a cool pleasure in the very sound of vale. The English word is of the happiest chance.
-- John Keats, from notes on Paradise Lost
-- John Keats, from notes on Paradise Lost
The shadow beneath the trees, the cool dappled
Days, marking time passing. Light and shade
No longer so easy to keep apart, the dark
Parts invading the bright parts making gray
This moment, always just a moment away
From that moment, the moments bleeding
Into one another until at last they stop.
Road through Wooded Mountains: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) c.1830-35, oil on paper (Private collection)
A Rising Path: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), c.1845, oil on canvas, 17.8 x 28.6 cm (private collection)
The Bridge of Narni: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875), 1825, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 34 x 48 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)