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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Le bateau au claire de lune
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Le bateau au claire de lune
signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24¾ x 32½ in. (62.8 x 82.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1871-1872.
Le bateau au claire de lune
signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24¾ x 32½ in. (62.8 x 82.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1871-1872.
Provenance
M. Verdier, Paris.
with Durand-Ruel, Paris by 1895.
M.C.D. Borden, New York, 1913.
William A. Clark Collection, Washington, D.C.
Gifted from the above to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
with Durand-Ruel, Paris by 1895.
M.C.D. Borden, New York, 1913.
William A. Clark Collection, Washington, D.C.
Gifted from the above to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Literature
A. Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, vol. III, pp. 346-47, no. 2263.
Exhibited
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, 1875, no. 94.
Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1878, no. 206.
Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1878, no. 206.
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James Hastie
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