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Description: A Morning, Dance of the Nymphs

TitleA Morning, Dance of the Nymphs

Creator nameCorot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1850

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/une-matinee-la-danse-des-nymphes-243

Accession numberRF 73

SubjectsNymphs (Greek deities) in artBarbizon schoolPainting, French--19th century

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Description: Art and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century France: The Landscapes of Théodore...

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Related print edition pages: pp.13-75

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00348.2

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Chapter subject tags:Ecology in artLandscape painting, French--19th centuryBarbizon schoolFontainebleau, Forest of (France)Rousseau, Théodore, 1812-1867

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PublisherMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

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