# A View near Volterra

By [Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/jean-baptiste-camille-corot.md>), 1838.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 69.9 x 95.5 cm (27 1/2 x 37 5/8 in.) framed: 94 x 120.3 cm (37 x 47 3/8 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46586-view-near-volterra>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![We look slightly down onto a man riding a white horse away from us on a dirt road winding through a sun-drenched, rocky landscape in this horizontal painting.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-6778a644b5eac7d4/full.jpg?v=0991836463780045146c6f60ca765213f87cce161184c653ea7046816f3ae490>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.111. CC0 Open Access.
- Chester Dale Collection
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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