View of Marino in the Alban Mountains in the Early Morning
1826 Städel Museum
About this artwork
This small-scale landscape was painted on paper and later mounted on canvas during Corot's first trip to Italy. It captures the soft, atmospheric light of the Italian countryside near Rome.
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Corot's Italian journey was formative to his career, as he became captivated by the specific clarity and quality of light in the Roman Campagna. He often painted these small studies outdoors directly from nature, a practice that would later influence the Impressionists' approach to capturing fleeting light and atmosphere.
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View of Marino in the Alban Mountains in the Early Morning
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1826
