Dimensions: 23 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (60.64 x 45.4 cm) (canvas)31 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (79.38 x 64.77 x 8.26 cm) (outer frame)
Copyright: Public Domain
Camille Corot painted 'The Wounded Eurydice' using oil on canvas, a well-established medium by the 19th century. Corot’s application of paint, visible in the textured strokes, deeply influences the artwork’s aesthetic. The canvas support provides a woven structure for the paint, while the oil medium allows for blending and layering. Look closely, and you’ll notice how Corot skillfully manipulates the viscosity of the oil paint, using thin washes for the background and thicker impasto for highlights on Eurydice's figure. This approach to painting reflects a shift from the highly polished, illusionistic styles, towards a focus on the materiality of paint itself. The painting captures the essence of a mythological subject, and the physical qualities of the materials used to make it. This artwork blurs traditional distinctions between fine art and craft, by reminding us that the making process is integral to the work’s meaning.
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This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms the basis of the Institute's nineteenth-century holdings.
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