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

Le berger and Le pcheur

Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot* (1796-1875)
Le berger and Le pcheur
the first signed 'COROT' (lower right); the second signed 'COROT' (lower left)
each: oil on silk laid down on panel
each: 8.5/8 x 7 in. (22 x 19.7 cm.)
Painted in 1867
Provenance
M. Duvelleroy (commissioned from the artist). Mme la Comtesse de Lancey; sale, Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris, 10 December 1890, lot 8.
The Lefvre Galleries (Alex. Reid & Lefvre), London.
Literature
A. Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonn et illustr, Paris, 1965, vol. III, p. 196, no. 1800 (Le berger); no. 1799 (Le pcheur) (both illustrated, p. 197).
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1867. Paris, Exposition des Arts dcoratifs, 1882.

Lot Essay

Martin Dieterle has confirmed the authenticity of these paintings.
Corot conceived these two paintings as fans, a format favored by many 19th century artists ranging from Braud to Pissarro.
Two paintings in one lot (2).