Live Auction 17201British & European Art: European Art
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Lot 216

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Fermière agenouillée cueillant des pissenlits

Closed11 July 2019

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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Fermière agenouillée cueillant des pissenlits
signed 'COROT' (lower left)
oil on canvas
8 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (22 x 32 cm.)
Painted circa 1865.

with Boussard, Valadon & Cie., Paris, 1892.
Raphaël Gérard, Paris.
Mme. Renaud, Paris.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 March 1987, lot 31.
Private collection, UK.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 June 1987, lot 101.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by P. Dieterle, dated 9 March 1990. The painting is a study for the kneeling figure in the piece Vallée de la Ferté-Milon (Schoeller & Dieterle, 1948, p. 73).