Nemi, the Lake's Edge

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) stands as a pivotal figure in the artistic landscape of 19th-century France, marking a crucial transition between the formal elegance of Neoclassicism and the burgeoning spontaneity of Impressionism. Born into a comfortable Parisian bourgeois family, Corot’s early life was shaped by an unconventional upbringing— entrusted to the care of a nurse in the countr