tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831009937904435715.post1193162459347167153..comments2023-10-26T07:05:39.828-04:00Comments on Women in the Act of Painting: Palette in Her HandNancy Bea Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04833697697334243593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831009937904435715.post-53825874631480496232013-08-18T09:50:52.181-04:002013-08-18T09:50:52.181-04:00Hi Alex, I corresponded with a curator at the Nati...Hi Alex, I corresponded with a curator at the Nationalmuseum and they feel certain this is an authentic Corot. Yes, this piece has a certain oddity to it, it is very unlike the other Corot "girls in front of the easel" pieces, and I suspect this is in its favor...I don't think a forger would have visually gone out on a limb like this. Corot was known to occasionally experiment or riff on a previous theme in a new way...he had a playful aesthetic energy. On the other hand, C had so many people hanging around in his studio due to his generous and sociable personality that who knows, maybe it could have been painted by one of his students or friends and a false signature added at some later date, However, I myself am happy to take the Nationalmuseum's expert word for it.Nancy Bea Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833697697334243593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831009937904435715.post-35595257505792217052013-08-17T21:30:12.327-04:002013-08-17T21:30:12.327-04:00Thank you for this interesting post! Is this one o...Thank you for this interesting post! Is this one of the paintings that is without doubt a Corot? I imagine the usual paintings of women in "various attitudes" might have been safer to imitate.Alexandra Tynghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133162133225360906noreply@blogger.com