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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Lot 9 PROPERTY OF A FAMILY

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Groupe d'arbres au bord d'un marais, avec deux vaches (Soleil levant)

Closed23 May 2017

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Groupe d'arbres au bord d'un marais, avec deux vaches (Soleil levant)
signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 22 in. (46 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1865-1870.

with Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, circa 1870.
Madame Vautrez, Paris, by 1879.
with Galerie Tempelaere, Paris, 1888.
with Boussod, Valladon et Cie., Paris, 23 April 1888.
Collection Bruneau (possibly Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau, 1857-1934), Paris, acquired directly from the above 29 November 1888.
with Lawrie & Co., London, by 1890.
M. Seddelmayer, London, 1891.
Charles Albert Waltner, London, by 1891.
Ernest Cognacq (1839-1928), Paris, by 1896.
Gabriel Cognacq (1880-1951), Paris, by descent.
His sale; Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 14 May 1952, lot 33.
with Laing Galleries, Toronto, acquired at the above sale.
The Purves Family Collection, Winnipeg, acquired directly from the above, 8 September 1953.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Martin Dieterle, and we are grateful to Claire Lebeau for confirming the authenticity of this work.