Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

M. le Docteur Verdier, Paris (1878)
Mr. Meyer Goodfriend, New York and Paris (and sold: New American Art Galleries, New York, February 24, 1991)
Aron Collection, Kings Point, New York
Mr. E. J. Burrell, New York
Mrs. John Schorscher (and sold, Christie's, New York, May 22, 1990, lot 135, illustrated)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Paris, Durand-Ruel, 1878, no. 106

Alfred Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, vol. III, p. 18, no. 1290, illustrated p. 19

The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: This painting has been quite recently restored. The paint layer is stable and the panel is flat. Under ultraviolet light some of the original paint reads darkly but actual retouches seem to only be evident across the top in the sky and these may be slightly broad or even unnecessary. There is a very light touch to the trees in the upper half of the picture but we do not necessarily feel that any weakening of the paint layer has occurred here. It is only above the cottages where some slight pentimenti have become visible.
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