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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
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Description
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Près Gisors: Saulaie et rivière, effet du matin
- signed Corot (lower left) and stamped with vente seal (on the reverse)
- oil on paper laid down on canvas
- 9 7/8 by 17 3/4 in.
- 25 by 45 cm
Provenance
Artist's studio; Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26-28 May 1875, lot 202
Mr. Ishingham (acquired at the above sale)
Rev. and Mrs. Frothingham, Boston (by 1889)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1904 (acquired as a gift from the above)
Lock Galleries, New York
The Dewitt Fischman and Gloria Fischman Trust (and sold: Christie's, New York, May 2, 2001, lot 110, illustrated)
Literature
Alfred Robaut, l'Oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, vol. II, pp. 306-30, no. 1002, illustrated
Condition
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:
This painting is in beautiful condition. The canvas on which it is painted appears to have been very lightly lined with muslin. The paint layer is stable and has been cleaned and lightly varnished. Essentially there are no retouches and the picture should be hung as is.
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Catalogue Note
Painted circa 1860.