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| Artist | Camille Corot |
| Year | 1835 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 180.3 cm× 270.5 cm(71.0 in× 106.5 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Accession | 38.64 |
Hagar in the Wilderness is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Camille Corot, created in 1835. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [1]
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