Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Galérie Tédesco, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1875)
Docteur Lécorché
Mme Séjourné
Raphaël Gérard
Galerie Aktuaryus, Zurich (by 1939)
Emil Bührle, Zurich (purchased from the above)
Dr Dieter Bührle, Zurich
Private collection, Switzerland

Geneva, Musée Rath, Corot en Suisse, 2010-11, no. 107, illustrated in the catalogue

André Schoeller & Jean Dieterle, Corot, deuxième supplément à 'L'Œuvre de Corot' par A. Robaut et Moreau-Nélaton, Paris, 1956, n.p., no. 100, catalogued & illustrated

The canvas has not been lined. Under ultraviolet light the old varnish layers fluoresce evenly and quite opaquely, making the surface difficult to read under U.V.; there appear to be notably a few minor strokes of retouching in the tree to the left, and a handful of scattered minor strokes of green fluoresce in the sky in the composition's upper-left quadrant which probably correspond to minor retouchings. This painting is in good overall condition, and its appearance could be further enhanced if desired with a surface clean. Presented in a decorative gilt frame, with a nameplate.
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Painted in 1875.