"Woman With A Pearl Earring By Corot, Vintage Albumen Print With Dedication From Corot 1849"
Albumen photographic print of an early version of "The Woman with a Pearl Earring", signed “Corot”, glued on cardboard, with autograph dedication signed by C. Corot on the back and dated January 9, 1849, to his friend Robert Hapeling. Image size 18 x 23 cm Cardboard size 19 x 24 cm Under mat 40 x 50 cm Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, generally called Camille Corot, born July 16, 1796 in Paris where he died February 22, 1875, is a French painter and engraver, one of the founders of the Barbizon school. "The Woman with a Pearl Earring", preserved at the Louvre Museum, is a painting from the classical period belonging to the Barbizon school and realism styles. This photograph is an exceptional document that precisely dates this famous painting.
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