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Why were paintings falsely attributed to Camille Corot during his lifetime?
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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.
Paintings were falsely attributed to Camille Corot during his lifetime primarily because the high demand for his work outpaced his ability to produce it. As he became a successful and popular artist, collectors and dealers eagerly sought his paintings, leading to a market where his style was frequently imitated and faked.1