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1874, Camille Cabaillot-Lassalle, The Salon of 1874 -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)

From the museum/exhibition label:

 

Salon 1874, no. 292

 

Although Cabaillot-Lassalle is credited as the artist, this work was a true collaboration. He painted most of the picture but invited six of his fellow artists to paint within it scaled-down representations of the works they planned to exhibit at the 1874 Salon. These artists include Camille Corot, whose landscape Evening appears at lower left, and Henriette Browne, whose portrait of a man is at lower right. The frames are inscribed "Exempte de l'examen du jury d'admission" (Exempt from examination by the admissions jury) or "Hors competition" (not in competition). Because these works were by artists who had achieved official recognition and were automatically accepted by the jury, Cabaillot-Lassalle could complete this composition in advance, confident these paintings would be on view at the Salon of 1874.

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