Corot

Their methods were quickly adopted by such painters as Constable and Corot and, much later, Monet and Van Gogh.

Miriam Stewart, curator of the collection in the division of European and American art, said works range from fakes of Daumier and Corot, to Matisse and George Inness.

We imagine the miller boy gazing from behind Corot’s screen of trees, longing to belong.

But the heirs have focused in recent years on reclaiming dozens of artworks, including three El Grecos, a Courbet and a Corot, that are now in three Hungarian museums and a university in Budapest.

Arriving at a cool Corot nude in a darkling landscape or a crisp Picasso nude combing her hair was like gulping fresh air in a miasma.