Which regions of France did Camille Corot most enjoy painting?

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Camille Corot: Portrait de l'artiste, assis près d'un chevalet — 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.

Camille Corot traveled extensively throughout his life, but he maintained a particular fondness for several specific regions of France. His favorite areas for painting included:

The forest of Fontainebleau
Brittany
The Normandy coast
His family property at Ville-d’Avray, located near Paris
Arras and Douai in the north of France, where he often visited close friends later in his life1