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Le baptême du Christ
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Le baptême du Christ
signed 'Corot' (lower left); bears signature (upper left)
oil on panel
17¾ x 9 5/8 in. (45 x 24.5 cm.)
Painted in 1844-1845
Le baptême du Christ
signed 'Corot' (lower left); bears signature (upper left)
oil on panel
17¾ x 9 5/8 in. (45 x 24.5 cm.)
Painted in 1844-1845
Provenance
Mme Chamouillet, a gift from the artist.
Léon Chamouillet, Paris.
Léon Lhermitte, Paris and thence by descent to the present owners.
Léon Chamouillet, Paris.
Léon Lhermitte, Paris and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
A. Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonné et illustré, vol. II, Paris, 1965, no. 467 (illustrated p. 173).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Corot dans les collections privées, April - July 1996, no. 22 (illustrated).
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