Method for correcting an image of an object presented at a distance taken by an imaging device, said object being illuminated by means of a lighting system, characterised in that it comprises the following steps: - as step of estimating, from at least one image taken by a 3D image pickup apparatus, of a 3D model of the object as it is at the moment of photographing by said imaging device, - an image simulation step consisting of calculating the light intensity of each point of a simulated image as it would be taken by the imaging device, using said 3D model of the object as it is at the moment of the photographing by said imaging device thus estimated, and of predetermined models comprising a model of the illumination of the object illuminated by said lighting system, a model of reflection on the surface of an object and a model of said imaging device, in order to obtain a simulated image of said object, and - a step of correcting the image taken by said imaging device, consisting in modifying the light intensity of each point on the image actually taken by the imaging device or on at least one area of interest of the image actually taken by the imaging device according to the light intensity of the corresponding point in the simulated image or the respective light intensities of points adjacent to said corresponding point in the simulated image said correcting step including: - a calculation step for calculating, for each point of the image or of at least one area of the image taken by said imaging device, a correction factor that is a decreasing function of the light intensity of the corresponding point in the simulated image of said object, and, - a processing step for modifying the light intensity of each point of the image or of at least one area of the image actually taken by said imaging device in proportion to said correction factor; and the method further comprising. - a step first of determining points on the simulated image for which the light intensity is above a maximum threshold; - a second step of determining points on the simulated image for which the light intensity is below a minimum threshold; said correction step not being performed for the points on the image taken by the imaging device corresponding to the points on the simulated image thus determined at the first determination step and at the second determination step. - as step of estimating, from at least one image taken by a 3D image pickup apparatus, of a 3D model of the object as it is at the moment of photographing by said imaging device, - an image simulation step consisting of calculating the light intensity of each point of a simulated image as it would be taken by the imaging device, using said 3D model of the object as it is at the moment of the photographing by said imaging device thus estimated, and of predetermined models comprising a model of the illumination of the object illuminated by said lighting system, a model of reflection on the surface of an object and a model of said imaging device, in order to obtain a simulated image of said object, and - a step of correcting the image taken by said imaging device, consisting in modifying the light intensity of each point on the image actually taken by the imaging device or on at least one area of interest of the image actually taken by the imaging device according to the light intensity of the corresponding point in the simulated image or the respective light intensities of points adjacent to said corresponding point in the simulated image said correcting step including: - a calculation step for calculating, for each point of the image or of at least one area of the image taken by said imaging device, a correction factor that is a decreasing function of the light intensity of the corresponding point in the simulated image of said object, and, - a processing step for modifying the light intensity of each point of the image or of at least one area of the image actually taken by said imaging device in proportion to said correction factor; and the method further comprising. - a step first of determining points on the simulated image for which the light intensity is above a maximum threshold; - a second step of determining points on the simulated image for which the light intensity is below a minimum threshold;