The Storm  1880

by Pierre Auguste Cot

When Cot exhibited this painting at the Salon of 1880, critics speculated about the source of the subject. Some proposed the French novel Paul and Virginie by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), in which the teenage protagonists run for shelter in a rainstorm, using the heroine’s overskirt as an impromptu umbrella; others suggested the romance Daphnis and Chloe by the a...
Size: 
92 1/4 x 61 3/4 in. (234.3 x 156.8 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  1. at first glance, reminded me of Bouguereau!