Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Marécage boisé avec trois vaches

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French
1796 - 1875
Marécage boisé avec trois vaches

signed Corot (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 21½ by 26½ in.; 54.6 by 67.3 cm
framed: 21 ½ x 26 ½ in.; 54.6 by 67.3 cm

Condition Report:
The canvas is lined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition but lightly soiled. Upon close inspection, patterns of fine craquelure throughout. Under UV light, areas of retouching addressing aforementioned craquelure in the foreground, trees, and sky, notably in the lower right quadrant; areas of retouching along all edges addressing previous frame abrasions; varnish fluoresces green.

Catalogue Note:
Painted around 1871-72.

Provenance:
Sale: Damoye père, Paris, 30 September 1891, no.20

Sale: R. Austin Robertson, New York, April 1892, no. 125

with Knoedler & Co., New York

with Durand-Ruel, 1896

Senator William A Clark (Montana), Washington D.C.

Gifted from the above to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Sale: Christie's, New York, 1 November 2012, lot 6

with Rehs Galleries, New York

Acquired from the above by present owner, 2013