Camille Corot

The Destruction of Sodom



Camille Corot - The Destruction of Sodom



Camille Corot
The Destruction of Sodom
1843 and 1857
92.4 x 181.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: COROT.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929


Literature

Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 31


Provenance

with Durand-Ruel, Paris, ?1869–72, apparently bought from the artist about 20 June 1869, sold in March 1872 to Camondo
comte Abraham de Camondo, Paris, March 1872–d.1889
his son, comte Isaac de Camondo, Paris, 1889, sold to Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1889, sold on August 1 to Havemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York, 1889–his d. 1907
Mrs. H.O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York, 1907–d. 1929

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 29.100.18

Other works by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot


Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Ischia View from the Slopes of Mount Epomeo
Ischia View from the Slopes of Mount Epomeo
1828

Camille Corot Ville-d'Avray
Ville-d'Avray
1870

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot Saint Francis
Saint Francis
c. 1840-45; retouched c. 1870

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot Diana and Actaeon
Diana and Actaeon
1836

Camille Corot Moonlight
Moonlight
c. 1855