Lot Essay
Martin Dieterle has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
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Le soir au Lac d'Albano
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Le soir au Lac d'Albano
signed 'Corot' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1850-55
Le soir au Lac d'Albano
signed 'Corot' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1850-55
Provenance
Henri Hecht, Paris (1868).
Allard et Noël, Paris (circa 1880).
Jules Beer, Paris; sale, Paris, 29 May 1913.
Boussod et Valadon, Paris (no. 30890).
Louis Lavassière, Paris (1915).
Knoedler, New York, 1922, no. 56520.
Miss Leona Gould, New York.
Anon. sale, Heestand and Whytney, 25 Jan. 1956, lot 90.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 28 June 1961, lot 108.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Allard et Noël, Paris (circa 1880).
Jules Beer, Paris; sale, Paris, 29 May 1913.
Boussod et Valadon, Paris (no. 30890).
Louis Lavassière, Paris (1915).
Knoedler, New York, 1922, no. 56520.
Miss Leona Gould, New York.
Anon. sale, Heestand and Whytney, 25 Jan. 1956, lot 90.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 28 June 1961, lot 108.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, Catalogue raisonné et illustré, vol. II, Paris, 1965, no. 1116 (illustrated, p. 361).
A. Schoeller & J. Dieterle, Corot premier supplément, Paris, 1948, no. 87 (illustrated, p. 95; incorrectly dated).
A. Schoeller & J. Dieterle, Corot premier supplément, Paris, 1948, no. 87 (illustrated, p. 95; incorrectly dated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition Rétrospective de Tableaux et Dessins de Maîtres Modernes, 1878, no. 71.
Special notice
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