The Letter
Camille Corot
€39,90
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
The Letter, painted circa 1865 by the French master Camille Corot, is an intimate and quietly luminous work that stands apart from the sweeping landscapes for which the artist is best known. Executed in oil on wood panel, this small yet deeply expressive painting captures a solitary woman absorbed in the act of reading a letter — a universal moment of private emotion rendered with extraordinary sensitivity and restraint.
Corot situates his subject in a softly diffused interior light, characteristic of his late figural works, where delicate tonal gradations replace sharp contours and the atmosphere itself becomes a presence. The composition reflects the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting while simultaneously anticipating the Impressionist embrace of mood over narrative. The letter as a motif carries layers of symbolic weight — connection, longing, intimacy — lending the work a timeless psychological resonance.
Held in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this masterwork now enters your home as a premium stretched canvas reproduction. Printed on museum-quality matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a sturdy 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame, this reproduction faithfully conveys the warmth and tonal subtlety of Corot's original. Ready to hang straight from the box, it brings the quiet dignity of a world-class collection to any interior.
| Artist | Camille Corot |
| Year | ca. 1865 |
| Medium | Oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 21 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (54.6 x 36.2 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Realism |
| Available sizes | |
| Small | 20 × 25 cm (8″ × 10″) |
| Medium | 51 × 76 cm (20″ × 30″) |
| Large | 102 × 152 cm (40″ × 60″) |
| All sizes include a 0.75" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required. | |
