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Corot

American  
[kaw-roh, kuh-, kaw-roh] / kɔˈroʊ, kə-, kɔˈroʊ /

noun

  1. Jean Baptiste Camille 1796–1875, French painter.


Corot British  
/ kɔro /

noun

  1. Jean Baptiste Camille (ʒɑ̃ batist kamij). 1796–1875, French landscape and portrait painter

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Roughly three years into Doyle’s prison term for the defrauded Corot, he was a free man again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

In 1998, the Le Chemin de Sevres - a 19th century painting by Camille Corot - was stolen and has never been found.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

But they reach their protean peak in a bucolic cliché-verre, 1855, by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

He continued to take notes on Corot, Velázquez, Courbet.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019

Back of them a scantily timbered hill, in places rich with grass dotted with grazing sheep, gave the impression of an animated Corot.

From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker