Le concert champêtre
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Le Concert Champêtre is a 1857
painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
, currently housed in the Musée Condé of Chantilly
, France
. A reworking of a composition exhibited by Corot in the Salon
of 1844, the painting was shown in the Salon of 1857.
The painting depicts three women, one with a cello
, in the foreground of a forest landscape.
1857 in art
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painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was a French landscape painter and printmaker in etching. Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century...
, currently housed in the Musée Condé of Chantilly
Chantilly, Oise
Chantilly is a small city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune in the department of Oise.It is in the metropolitan area of Paris 38.4 km...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. A reworking of a composition exhibited by Corot in the Salon
Paris Salon
The Salon , or rarely Paris Salon , beginning in 1725 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748–1890 it was the greatest annual or biannual art event in the Western world...
of 1844, the painting was shown in the Salon of 1857.
The painting depicts three women, one with a cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
, in the foreground of a forest landscape.