Christie's: Barbizon, Realist and French Landscape Painting: Lot 147
JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875) Ville d'Avray-
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-Le Cavalier a l'Entree des Bois signed "COROT" lower left- -oil on canvas 21 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. (55 x 81 cm.) PROVENANCE Beugniet, Paris (purchased directly from Corot for 2,000 francs in 1873) Verdier, Paris (1873) F. Barbedienne, Paris (1884) Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (1904) James H. Hill, St. Paul Minnesota (by 1904) Mary Hill (1916) Thence by descent EXHIBITED Paris, L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, "Exposition de l'Oeuvre de Corot," May 1875, no. 131 Paris, "Exposition Universelle," 1878, no. 207 Paris, "Exposition Centennale de l'Art Francais," 1889, no. 162 LITERATURE A. Robaut, "l'Oeuvre de Corot," Paris, 1965, vol. III, pp. 300-301, no. 2156 (illustrated) Painted in May 1873 This painting has been examined and authenticated by Martin Dieterle. The Property of A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, Colorado.
