The Evening Star  1864

Oil on canvas, H: 27 15/16 x W: 35 7/16 in. (71 x 90 cm) [br] Description: In the 1850s, Corot began to paint works that he sometimes referred to as "souvenirs," in which he tried not only to record his visual experience of a site but also to convey the sensations it evoked. Corot was inspired to paint this poetic composition after listening to a young woman singing vers...