Les étangs de ville d’avray (The Ponds of the Village of Avray), Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Link is to Wikimedia Commons; they sourced it from a Sotheby’s auction, so I don’t know the current location of the original — perhaps in a private collection.
Corot gives us an idyllic depiction of the gentle beginnings of Spring, in sharp contrast to the snow and forecast nor’easter on the first day of Spring here on the east coast of the U.S.
The painting isn’t dated, but it carries the look of similar landsapes in Corot’s later career, with the early foliage painted as delicate brush marks that in places are barely visible against the gray of the sky.
You can see the naturalism, free brush work and attention to the effects of light that so inspired the Impressionists.
Happy Vernal Equinox!