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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Saint Sebastian Succored by the Holy Women, 1874

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 130.1 x 86 cm (51 1/4 x 33 7/8 in.)

framed: 160 x 116.2 x 9.8 cm (63 x 45 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Timken Collection

Accession Number

1960.6.4

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

lower right: COROT

Provenance

Gellinard, by 1878;[1] (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19 March 1888, no. 42, 15,000 francs); purchased by Victor Desfosses; (his estate sale, Paris, 26 April 1899, no. 17, 48,000 francs); (Arnold & Tripp, Paris).[2] Edward Fullerton Milliken [d. 1906], New York; (his sale, American Art Association, New York, 14 February 1902, no. 24); purchased by (Cottier and Co., New York).[3] (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London); (their sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 19 February 1925, no. 68); purchased by Thomas Williams.[4] William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.

[1] The picture was lent by Gellinard to the Universal Exposition of 1878.

[2] Annotated copy of the Desfossés catalogue in the M. Knoedler library.

[3] Annotated copy of the Milliken sale catalogue in the M. Knoedler library; sale also widely reported in the press.

[4] Annotated copy of sale catalogue in Knoedler library fiche no. 803, and press clippings, copies in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

American Art Association
American Art Association
Arnold & Tripp
Cottier & Co.
Desfossés, Victor
Drouot, Hôtel
Gellinard
Milliken, Edward Fullerton
Sale, Paris
Timken, Lillian S., Mrs.
Timken, William R.
Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Arthur
Williams, Thomas

Exhibition History

1878: Exposition universelle, Paris, 1878, no. 202.

1895: Exposition de centenaire de Corot, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 1895, no. 62.

1967: Loan for display with permanent collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, 1967-1971.

1974: Loan for display with permanent collection, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, 1974-1980.

1983: French Salon Paintings from Southern Collections, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1983, no. 20, repro.

1987: Loan for display with permanent collection (in conjunction with the exhibition From Arcadia to Barbizon: A Journey in French Landscape), Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1987-1988.

1994: Paris in 1874: The Year of Impressionism, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1994, no. 58, repro.

1996: Corot, Courbet und die Maler von Barbizon: Les amis de la nature, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1996, no. B25, repro.

1999: Theo Van Gogh (1857 - 1891): Art dealer, collector and brother of Vincent, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1999-2000, no. 84, repro., as St. Sebastian (shown only in Amsterdam).

Bibliography

1878: Mantz, Paul. L'art moderne à l'Exposition Universelle de 1878. Paris, 1878: 24.

1892: Thomson, David Croal. Corot. London, 1892: 40.

1905: Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: 1:311; 2:330 under no. 1063; 3:360, no. 2316, repro.; 4:347, 278, 291.

1924: Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Corot raconté par lui-même. 2 vols. Paris, 1924: II:89, repro.

1951: Bazin, Germain. Corot. Paris, 1951: 25-26, 75.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 30.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 23, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 76, repro.

1984: Norton, Thomas E. 100 Years of Collecting in America. New York, 1984: 100, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 96, repro.

2000: Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 98-101, color repro.