He's best remembered today for his plein air sketches prepared for studio landscapes like Homer and the Shepherds; one such sketch features large slabs of color, and like the similar Aqueducts in the Roman Compagna, uses a limited palette to depict a decayed expanse.
One painting by this artist depicts a child riding a panther as he looks at a reclining nude. That work accompanies a similar Bacchante by the Sea. Thick, diagonal lines characterize his clichÃ©-verres like Les Arbres dans la Montagne.  A melancholy woman sits next to an easel and holds the title instrument in his Young Woman with a Mandolin.  More characteristically, he depicted three girls stripping fruit from a tree in Recollection of Mortefontaine, and he painted some spindly, shimmering trees before a silver lakefront in his depiction of the commune at Ville d'Avray. He's best remembered today for his plein air sketches prepared for studio landscapes like Homer and the Shepherds; one such sketch features large slabs of color, and like the similar Aqueducts in the Roman Compagna, uses a limited palette to depict a decayed expanse. For 10 points, identify this French artist of the Barbizon School who painted some broken piers in his Bridge at Narni.
One painting by this artist depicts a child riding a panther as he looks at a reclining nude.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot