Art, literature & history
The Ambush (L'Embuscade)
1858
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Cliché-verre
- Dimensions
- plate: 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 15.9 cm) sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 15.9 cm)
- Collection no.
- 1991.1072
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. The Ambush (L'Embuscade). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Ambush (L'Embuscade) — Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. 1858.
Medium: Cliché-verre. Dimensions: plate: 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 15.9 cm) sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (21.9 x 15.9 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1991.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.