Jean Baptiste Camille Corot* (French, 1796-1875)

Beaune-la-Rolande, (Loriret) - Le Château de la Motte-Bastille

Details

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot* (French, 1796-1875)
Beaune-la-Rolande, (Loriret) - Le Château de la Motte-Bastille
signed 'COROT' lower left
oil on panel
14 x 8¾in. (35.5 x 22.2cm.)

Provenance

Popelin Collection; sale, April 10, 1886, no. 18 (720 ff)
Arnold et Tripp, Paris (1887)
Galérie Georges Petit, Paris (1888)
O'Bach, London (1888)
Forbes Collection, London (1892)
Hollander & Cremetti, London (1892)
Arnold et Tripp, Paris (1907)
Durand-Ruel, Paris (1907)
Knoedler, New York (circa 1909)

Literature

A. Robaut, l'Oeuvre de Corot, Paris, 1965, II, pp. 250-251, no. 758 (illustrated)

Lot Essay

Corot stayed at Beaune-la-Rolande in autumn during the Commune. This painting predates this time, and may be placed between 1850-1855.

This painting has been examined and authenticated by Martin Dieterle.