Camille Corot
Dance under the Trees at the Edge of the Lake
From $80
This painting is pale silvery greens and still water, and a dull copy turns it to flat grey. Our Corot Ville-d’Avray print was graded beside the original so the sky stays silver and the reflections stay clear.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x12 inch, 20x16 inch, 24x18 inch, 30x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape suits a living room, a bedroom or the wall above a sofa. The soft silvers and greens look peaceful with white, sage and pale wood, and a natural or white frame suits it.
About the painting
Ville-d’Avray by Camille Corot
Ville-d’Avray, 1865
In 1817 Camille Corot’s father bought a country house at Ville-d’Avray, outside Paris. All his life Corot came back to paint it, the way the Barbizon painters kept returning to the forest of Fontainebleau.
Morning at the pond
Here is its calm pond, with houses on the far shore and peasants at their everyday work. In front stand his favourite subject, trees, most likely willows. The houses are reflected in the water under a pale silver sky.
Barbizon School
It was given to the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1955 by Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt.
Read the story
In 1817, Camille Corot's father bought a country house at Ville-d'Avray, just outside Paris.
Corot came back to paint it all his life. It was his place, the way the forest of Fontainebleau was for the Barbizon painters.
He had learned to paint there as a young man, sketching outdoors under his teacher, Michallon.
Here is its calm pond. On the far shore, white houses catch the light.
In front stands his favourite subject: trees. Most likely willows, which he painted again and again.
Two figures go about their ordinary day on the bank.
In Corot's later years, his paintings sold for more than four thousand francs each.
The sky is pale silver, and the houses are reflected in the still water.
It hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, given in 1955 by Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt.
Look at the reflections, and then up into the willows.
Ville-d'Avray. Camille Corot, 1865.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
