Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Hamilton Bruce, England (in 1884 and sold: Christie's, London, May 10, 1929, lot 29)
Howard Young Galleries, New York
Henry D. Knox, East Aurora, New York (and sold: Parke-Bernet, New York, February 28, 1945, lot 39, illustrated)
Dorothy Davenport Buckley, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (and sold, her estate: Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1976, lot 284A, illustrated)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Aguascalientes, Mexico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo; Léon, Mexico, GalerÍa Jesús Gallardo, University of Guanajuato; Museo Regional de Guadalajara, Visión de un Coleccionista: Grandes Maestros Europeos Y Mexicanos, April 2002-January 2003 

R. A. M. Stevenson, "Corot," The Art Journal, July 1889, p. 208, illustrated
David Thomson, The Barbizon School of Painters, 1890, p. 59, illustrated
Alfred Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, Paris, 1905, vol. III, p. 228, no. 1959, illustrated p. 229

The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: This painting has never been lined or removed from its stretcher, which his unusual for a work by this artist. The paint layer is visibly dirty and will respond well to cleaning. This particular kind of Corot has been painted with a lot of very thin and suggestive glazes, which may be slightly worn in the dark tree mass in the center. The sky, the foreground and the left side seem to be in good state, but the condition in the center is a little delicate and care should be taken when cleaning. Some retouches may be required when the picture has been cleaned.
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Painted circa 1865.