The Muse: History  1865

The model for this work may have been Emma Dobigny, who often sat for Corot at the end of his career. Corot painted four other Muses in the 1860s. All of them evoke a mood of melancholy. (Source: [url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435978]The Metropolitan Museum of Art[/url]) [br] [b]Notes from the contributor:[/b] H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of M...