Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Groupe d'arbres au bord d'un marais, avec deux vaches (Soleil levant)

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Groupe d'arbres au bord d'un marais, avec deux vaches (Soleil levant)
signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 22 in. (46 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1865-1870.
Provenance
with Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, circa 1870.
Madame Vautrez, Paris, by 1879.
with Galerie Tempelaere, Paris, 1888.
with Boussod, Valladon et Cie., Paris, 23 April 1888.
Collection Bruneau (possibly Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau, 1857-1934), Paris, acquired directly from the above 29 November 1888.
with Lawrie & Co., London, by 1890.
M. Seddelmayer, London, 1891.
Charles Albert Waltner, London, by 1891.
Ernest Cognacq (1839-1928), Paris, by 1896.
Gabriel Cognacq (1880-1951), Paris, by descent.
His sale; Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 14 May 1952, lot 33.
with Laing Galleries, Toronto, acquired at the above sale.
The Purves Family Collection, Winnipeg, acquired directly from the above, 8 September 1953.
By descent to the present owner.

Literature
A. Robaut, L'Œuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustre, Paris, 1905, vol III, pp. 214-215, no. 1894, illustrated with a sketch by Robaut.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Paysages d'Eau Douce, 1945, no 29, as La Mare au crépuscule.

Lot Essay

The present work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Martin Dieterle, and we are grateful to Claire Lebeau for confirming the authenticity of this work.

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