# The Cathedral of Chartres

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COROT, Jean-Baptiste Camille](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/corot-jean-baptiste-camille-rb2b22c0e6afc48>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 64 x 51 cm

## Commentary

In 1828 Corot returned to France from Italy and painted the Cathedral of Chartres in 1830.Its highly original framing and luminosity follow up his experiments in Italy. The artist reworked this painting in 1872.

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- [Agostina](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/corot-jean-baptiste-camille-rb2b22c0e6afc48/agostina-r153a95df022c92>)
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- [Mill at Saint-Nicolas-les-Arras](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/corot-jean-baptiste-camille-rb2b22c0e6afc48/mill-at-saint-nicolas-les-arras-radba914dd6ecea>)
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- [Peasants under the Trees at Dawn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/corot-jean-baptiste-camille-rb2b22c0e6afc48/peasants-under-the-trees-at-dawn-rb380923aac1357>)
- [Poetry](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/corot-jean-baptiste-camille-rb2b22c0e6afc48/poetry-ra029863fa2f31a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)