01 Nov
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Description: Oil on canvas, 73 x 59.5 cm. Stamped lower right 'Vente Corot', stamped with the studio stamp wax seal (on the stretcher)Catalogue note: A French artist known for his plein-air painting practice and influence on the Impressionist movement. Born on July 17, 1796 in France, Corot travelled extensively throughout the French countryside producing sketches and studies of the landscape, but it was his early visits to paint ruins in Italy during the 1820s that solidified his style. Corot was taught by both Achille Etna Michallon and Jean-Victor Bertin, who were themselves both students of the famed landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. The artist died in 1875. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery in London, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Sale 14235, Lot 4, Invoice no. 17027437. The Artist's Studio Sale; Paris, 31 May-2 June 1875, lot 496. | Acquired at the above sale by M. Lemaitre, Paris. | His sale; Tajan, Paris, 12 June 2002, lot 4. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue no.: 2017P0027-JBCC
