Lot Essay
Robaut (loc.cit.) writes, "Corot avait une prédilection particulière pour cette étude qu'il considérait comme une de ses meilleures." (op. cit., p. 236)
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Ecouen (Seine et Oise). Coin de Village
the studio stamp lower right (L.461), the studio seal on the stretcher, oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 9 7/8in. (32 x 25cm.)
Painted circa 1870
Ecouen (Seine et Oise). Coin de Village
the studio stamp lower right (L.461), the studio seal on the stretcher, oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 9 7/8in. (32 x 25cm.)
Painted circa 1870
Provenance
The Artist's studio; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 May 1875, lot 180 (970 Frs. to Deschamps)
M. Deschamps, Paris, bought at the above sale in 1875
Barbizon House, London
Mrs F.L. Evans, London
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1972, lot 32 (illustrated; 26,000 Gns.)
M. Deschamps, Paris, bought at the above sale in 1875
Barbizon House, London
Mrs F.L. Evans, London
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1972, lot 32 (illustrated; 26,000 Gns.)
Literature
A. Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, vol. III, Paris, 1905, no. 1990 (illustrated p. 237; vol. IV, p. 212, no. 180)