Corot's public treatment dramatically improved after the Revolution of 1848, when he was admitted as a member of the Salon jury.

He was inducted into the Légion d'honneur in 1893 and became a member of the Salon jury in 1900.

His reputation began to decline at about this time; as a member of the Salon jury, he was seen as blocking a new generation of landscape painters from gaining entry.

In 1882 and 1883, however, his paintings were refused by the Salon jury.

In a continuing drama of reactions and crises, the official Salon juries eventually came to include more forward-thinking members who sanctioned more adventurous works.

In 1870, Millet was elected to the Salon jury.

Each year, the Salon jury rejected their works in favour of works by artists faithful to the approved style.

While the Salon jury routinely accepted nudes in historical and allegorical paintings, they condemned Manet for placing a realistic nude in a contemporary setting.

There the spectacle of nature, which had always enchanted him, allowed him to forget the hubbub of Paris and the injustices of the Salon juries.

In 1863 the Salon jury turned away an unusually high number of the submitted paintings.