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

Mlle. Léotine Desavary tenant une tourterelle

Details

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Mlle. Léotine Desavary tenant une tourterelle
signed 'COROT' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (59.6 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted in 1872

Provenance

Charles Desavary, Arras.
Alfred Robaut, Paris.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1904.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1912

Literature

A. Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot, Paris, 1965, vol. III, pp. 298-9, no. 2151 (illustrated).
C. Bernheim de Villers, Corot: peintre de figures, Paris, 1930, no. 322 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The model of this painting, Léotine, was the daughter of Corot's friend, the painter and photographer Charles Desavary, the first owner of this painting.

The present work has been examined and authenticated by Martin Dieterle.

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