The Church at Marissel, near Beauvais 1866

"The Church at Marissel, near Beauvais" is a landscape painting by French artist Camille Corot, completed in 1866 and housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The painting depicts a winding path leading to the distant church, framed by a line of trees and softened by a hazy atmosphere, characteristic of Corot's style, known as Barbizon school. The soft light and muted colors create a serene and poetic mood, typical of Corot's approach to landscape painting, capturing the beauty of nature with delicate brushstrokes. The painting showcases a quintessential example of Corot's mastery in capturing the ethereal beauty of rural landscapes, using subtle colors and light to convey a sense of tranquility and poetic atmosphere.