The Rider in the Woods, large plate
c. 1854
Medium
Cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.5 × 22.6 cm (11 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 24.2 cm (11 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
cliché-verre
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
92312
Art Historical Context
Step into the shadowy allure of *The Rider in the Woods large plate* (c. 1854), a captivating work by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, master of French landscape painting and a key figure in the Barb school. This intimate image, measuring about 11¼ × 8⅞ inches, depicts a solitary rider amid dense woodland, evoking the quiet mystery of nature that defined Corot's poetic vision. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings department, it exemplifies his innovative foray into experimental media during the mid-19th century. The artwork's medium—cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper...