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Camille Corot

The Burning of Sodom (formerly "The Destruction of Sodom")

1843 and 1857
Oil on canvas
92.4 × 181.3 cm (36.4 × 71.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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