Lot 59
  • 59

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
  • Bûcherons
  • oil on paper laid on canvas
  • 8 7/8 by 12 1/2 in.
  • 22.5 by 32 cm

Condition

Oil on paper laid on canvas. Faint ½ inch scratch to upper right edge. Isolated areas of craquelure visible in lower right corner. Under UV: Small dots and dashes of inpainting to background, trees, and fallen trunk, a few pindots in center foreground.
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Catalogue Note

Painted circa 1831, the present work is probably a study for Corot's Fontainebleau- un gros chêne abattu (Robaut 268).