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Sketch of a Woman in Bridal Dress

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Throughout his life Corot painted images of women dressed in particular costume, often folk dress. They cannot be described as portraits, and the sitters are often unknown. In this example, the woman wears a white dress of perhaps muslin or organza decorated with pink satin ribbons. In her left hand she holds a rose. A string of what appear to be pearls is entwined in her mass of dark hair. She is framed by an oval of dark paint, the inner rim outlined in dull yellow, perhaps imitating the gold of a frame. Her face is richly modelled in dark shades of brown, her deep-set eyes almost lost in shadow.

The small scale of this picture combined with the depiction of the frame might suggest that Corot was not painting from a real model, but was copying an existing painting or even a photograph.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Sketch of a Woman in Bridal Dress

Date

1855-65

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 36.2 x W 27 cm

Accession number

NG4733

Acquisition method

Bought, 1934

Work type

Painting

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