
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1851-1874
Two women tend the fallen Saint Sebastian in a shadowed forest while pale angels hover high among the branches. Corot submerges the narrative in deep greens and brown-black foliage, allowing the figures and distant sky to emerge like brief lights. Sources: https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.192; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Baptiste-Camille%20Corot%20-%20St%20Sebastian%20Succoured%20by%20Holy%20Women%20-%20Walters%2037192.jpg (Public domain image).
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