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Martin Dieterle has confirmed the authenticity of this painting and will include it in his forthcoming Corot catalogue raisonné.
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Le pêcheur et le batelier
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Le pêcheur et le batelier
signed 'Corot' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 x 20½ in. (30.5 x 52 cm.)
Painted circa 1865
Le pêcheur et le batelier
signed 'Corot' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 x 20½ in. (30.5 x 52 cm.)
Painted circa 1865
Provenance
T.P. Thorne; his sale, 23 April 1897.
M. Gérard, by whom acquired at teh above sale.
Acquired by the present owner in the 1960s.
M. Gérard, by whom acquired at teh above sale.
Acquired by the present owner in the 1960s.
Literature
A. Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonné et illustré, vol. III, Paris, 1965, no. 1946 (author's drawing illustrated p. 225).
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