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ID number: BIRBI-40.3 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: attributed to Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Title / Object name: Wooded landscape with a pond Object type: Painting Culture: French Date made: about 1835/6 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 46.4 x 74.1 cm unframed; 72.5 x 99.2 x 3.6 framed Provenance: Galerie Georges Petit; collection of Count Pecci-Blunt; A. Tooth and Sons; purchased by the Barber Institute in 1940 for £3,000. |
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This landscape possibly shows a scene at Le Martinet, near Montpellier in South France. Corot sketched there in 1836 and this studio work resembles a pencil drawing dated to that year. The painting is signed and was bought as a genuine Corot, but the attribution has been questioned because of its uneven quality. On balance, we believe that the work is of a high standard and dates from the 1830s, though perhaps not by Corot himself. The signature may therefore be false, added later in order to improve the work’s salability. Inscriptions / Translations: Incised signature I.r.: C COROT Notes: Exhibited: Tooth's Galleries, 'Anthology: French Pictures from Private Collections'; Royal Academy, 'Landscape in French Art', 1949 (no. 147) |
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| The Burlington Magazine Bodkin, Thomas 1941 | |
| Landscape in French Art Royal Academy of Arts 1949 | |
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