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Which French emperor bought a painting by Camille Corot?
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Camille Corot
Portrait de l'artiste, assis près d'un chevalet (“Portrait of the Artist, Seated Near an Easel”), oil on paper pasted on canvas by Camille Corot, 1825; in the Louvre, Paris.
The French emperor who purchased a painting by Camille Corot was Napoleon III. He bought a work from the artist during the 1855 Paris Universal Exposition, where Corot was also awarded a first-class medal for his painting.1