Springtime of Life
On View In:
Gallery 357
Artist:   Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot  
Title:   Springtime of Life  
Date:   1871  
Medium:   Oil on canvas  
Dimensions:   41 3/8 x 29 3/8 in. (105.09 x 74.61 cm) (canvas)  
Credit Line:   Bequest of Mrs. Erasmus C. Lindley in memory of her father, James J. Hill  
Location:   Gallery 357  

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.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille  
Nationality:   French  
Life Dates:   French, 1796 - 1875  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature LL in black: [Corot]  
Classification:   Paintings  
Physical Description:   Girl with flowers in landscape Youth, adolescence, "Iuventus"  
Creation Place:   Europe, France, , ,  
Accession #:   49.2  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts