Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Forest of Fontainebleau



Jean Baptiste Camille Corot - Forest of Fontainebleau



Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Forest of Fontainebleau
c. 1830
175.6 x 242.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: COROT
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Chester Dale Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 616

Literature
Cornelia Homburg, Simon Kelly, Laura Prins, Jenny Reynaerts, Van Gogh, Cincinnati, OH, 2016, fig. 20


Provenance

Louis-Alfred Binant (1823-1904), Paris, by 1855
his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 April 1904, nr. 18
purchased by Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Léon Orosdi, Paris, sometime after 1913
with Galerie André Weil, Paris
with Etienne Bignou, Paris
sold 25 June 1934 to Chester Dale (1883-1962), New York
bequest 1963 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1963.10.109

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot The Ferryman
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot River scene with bridge
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot The artist's studio
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Camille Corot Study for
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1843

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot A Lane through the Trees
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