River with a Distant Tower, 1865, Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 30 7/8 in. (54. 6 x 78. 4 cm), Paintings, Camille Corot (French, Paris 1796?1875 Paris), The writer Theophile Thore repeated his habitual criticism of Corot in 1865, the date of this picture: 'Corot almost never made anything besides the same one landscape, but it is good. ' The landscape here was conceived by Corot in his studio from stock elements that he knew by heart: the cluster of silvery trees, the body of leaden water, the peasant figures and boatman, the distant tower