JEAN-BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (French, 1796-1875)

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Details

JEAN-BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (French, 1796-1875)

Les Hauteurs de Sèvres--Le Chemin Troyon

oil on canvas
9¼ x 14½in. (23.5 x 36.8cm.)

Provenance

M. Preschez, Coulomiers (comissioned directly from the artist)
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (no. 1455)
R. H. Heathcoat - Amory, London; sale, Sotheby's, London, July 4, 1962, lot 41 (illustrated)
Walter Goetz, London

Literature

A. Schoeller and J. Dieterle, Corot, Deuxième supplément à l'oeuvre Corot par A. Robaut et Moreau - Nélaton, Paris, 1956, no. 11
C. Lloyd, Pissaro, London, 1992, p. 32 (illustrated, fig. 18)

Exhibited

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Recent Acquisitions, Oct.-Nov. 1946, no. 5 (illustrated)

Lot Essay

This work was painted circa 1835-40, and depicts a road in Ville d'Avray that Corot also painted later in his career (see Robaut, no. 1485). Our picture was commissioned directly from Corot by a friend, M. Preschez, who was a solicitor from Coulomiers. Corot also painted another work for Preschez depicting a fisherman near a river, and delivered the finished picture accompanied by a photograph of himeslf and dedicated to Preschez,

We are grateful to Martin Dietrele for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.