Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Sale: Sotheby's, London, December 1, 1999, lot 97, illustrated
Private Collection, England (and sold: Sotheby's, London, December 1, 1999, lot 97, illustrated)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, April 24, 2002, lot 24, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Pierre Dieterle, Martin Dieterle and Claire Lebeau, Corot, Cinquième Supplément à l'oeuvre de Corot par A. Robaut et Moreau-Nélaton, Éditions Floury, Paris, 1905, Paris, 2002, p. 80, no. 79, illustrated p. 81

The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: This painting has been recently restored. The canvas seems to be unlined yet the tacking edges have been reinforced. There are also two visible reinforcements on the reverse of the canvas in the upper left. These reinforcements correspond to breaks in the canvas, one in the cloud in the upper left and the other beneath this cloud in the blue sky. The remainder of the picture is in lovely condition. The paint layer is clean, unabraded and there are no other retouches. The picture should be hung as is.
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Painted circa 1865-1870.