European & British Art
European & British Art
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
La pêche sous les saules
Lot Closed
December 14, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French
1796 - 1875
La pêche sous les saules
signed COROT lower left
oil on canvas
Unframed: 43.1 by 45.3cm., 17 by 17¾in.
Framed: 61.5 by 64cm., 24¼ by 25in.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Martin Dieterle & Claire Lebeau.
Mme Grédelue (her sale: Paris, 10th March 1887, lot 9)
M. Tempelaere (purchased at the above sale)
Jean Patrick Hennessy (1874-1944; French diplomat and politician)
Jean Dieterle (by 1946)
Rudolph Brauchbar, Zurich
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (acquired from the above in 1955)
George Francis Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (1910-1998, acquired from the above on 2nd December 1955); thence by descent (sale: Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2013, lot 163)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
M. Tempelaere (purchased at the above sale)
Jean Patrick Hennessy (1874-1944; French diplomat and politician)
Jean Dieterle (by 1946)
Rudolph Brauchbar, Zurich
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (acquired from the above in 1955)
George Francis Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (1910-1998, acquired from the above on 2nd December 1955); thence by descent (sale: Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2013, lot 163)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Alfred Robaut, L'Œuvre de Corot Catalogue Raisonné et Illustré, Paris, 1905, vol. II, no. 969, p. 300, catalogued, p. 301, illustrated