FRENCH TROIS VACHES DANS UN MARAIS, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

1796 - 1875

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

signed COROT lower left
oil on panel
21.5 by 37cm., 8½ by 14½in.

Provenance:
Rostouble, London
Boussot, Valadon et Cie., London (possibly no. 21727; purchased from the above on 23 October 1891)
H. Roberts, London (purchased from the above on 10 March 1892)
Boussot, Valadon et Cie., London (possibly no. 22572; purchased from the above on 24 October 1892)
Frans & Sons Buffa, Amsterdam (purchased from the above, 10 March 1893)
Wouter Johannes van Randwijk, The Hague (possibly purchased from the above; his sale: Frederik Muller & Co, Amsterdam, 11 April 1916, lot 8. (1837 - 1913; van Randwijk opened his first bookshop in 1862 and continued a successful business as a publisher until 1909. In time, he put together an impressive collection comprising Barbizon and The Hague School paintings. Upon his death, some fourteen pictures were donated to the Rijksmuseum. The rest of the collection was sold at auction.)
Purchased at the above sale by the great-grandfather of the present owners; thence by descent