Who created "The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom")"?

The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom") was created by Camille Corot in 1843 and 1857.

What medium is "The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom")"?

The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom") is Oil on canvas.

Is "The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom")" in the public domain?

Yes, The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom") is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom")

Q: When was "The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom")" created?

This artwork was created 1843 and 1857.

Camille Corot

1843 and 1857

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

36 3/8 x 71 3/8 in. (92.4 x 181.3 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.18

Tags

FireMenWomen

Art Historical Context

Camille Corot's *The Burning of Sodom (formerly titled *The Destruction of Sodom*), painted in 1843 and reworked in 7, captures the dramatic tale from Genesis where fire and brimstone rain down on the wicked city. This large-scale oil on canvas (363/8 x 71 3/8 inches) depicts fleeing men and women amid towering flames and chaotic skies, evoking a sense of divine judgment and human desperation. Corot, a leading French landscape artist of the Barbizon school, infused this rare figurative work with his signature atmospheric light and subtle tonal harmonies, bridging Romantic drama with the emergi...

About the Artist

Camille Corot · 1796–1875

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, born in Paris on July 16, 1796, into a prosperous bourgeois family—his father a former wig maker turned draper, his mother a successful milliner—initially resisted his artistic calling. After a lackluster education at the Lycée Pierre-Corneille in Rouen and failed apprenticeships in business, he abandoned commerce at age 26, thanks to a generous parental allowance foll...

The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom")

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