# Italian Peasant Boy

By [Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/jean-baptiste-camille-corot.md>), 1825/1827.

## Details

- Medium: oil on paper on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 25.4 x 32.5 cm (10 x 12 13/16 in.) framed: 44.5 x 51.1 cm (17 1/2 x 20 1/8 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46483-italian-peasant-boy>)

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

## Image

![A boy in a dark hat reclines against a rock, his crossed legs extending across an earthy foreground.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-50cfbac66e342037/full.jpg?v=c736cbba49c42c532cc2cb53666bd0aa8bda526e8c6a35873ab2ad0b1edff5c1>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.8. CC0 Open Access.
- Chester Dale Collection
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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