Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Ville d’Avray
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French
1796 - 1875
Ville d’Avray
oil on canvas
canvas: 9⅛ by 15⅛ in.; 23.1 by 38.4 cm
framed: 15¼ by 21¼ in.; 38.5 by 53.8 cm
Condition Report:
The canvas is lined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition but lightly soiled. Upon close inspection, patterns of craquelure notably in the sky. Under UV light, minor spots of retouching to the sky, in places along the upper, lower, and right edges, and in places to the foliage across the center of the composition. Circular impression at lower center with possible retouching.
Catalogue Note:
While Robaut has dated this work to circa 1840-1845 in his catalogue Raisonné, Martin Dieterle has affirmed in his photo certificate that this work dates from an earlier period, around 1825.
Provenance:
Collection Prevost
His sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 May 1887, lot 29
Adolphe Obrig
His Estate sale: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 29 October 1931, lot 28, (as Landscape Study)
Mrs. H. Rightmire
with Thomas Colville, New York
Acquired from the above by present owner, 2015
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French
1796 - 1875
Ville d’Avray
oil on canvas
canvas: 9⅛ by 15⅛ in.; 23.1 by 38.4 cm
framed: 15¼ by 21¼ in.; 38.5 by 53.8 cm
Condition Report:
The canvas is lined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition but lightly soiled. Upon close inspection, patterns of craquelure notably in the sky. Under UV light, minor spots of retouching to the sky, in places along the upper, lower, and right edges, and in places to the foliage across the center of the composition. Circular impression at lower center with possible retouching.
Catalogue Note:
While Robaut has dated this work to circa 1840-1845 in his catalogue Raisonné, Martin Dieterle has affirmed in his photo certificate that this work dates from an earlier period, around 1825.
Provenance:
Collection Prevost
His sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 May 1887, lot 29
Adolphe Obrig
His Estate sale: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 29 October 1931, lot 28, (as Landscape Study)
Mrs. H. Rightmire
with Thomas Colville, New York
Acquired from the above by present owner, 2015
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