Italian Woman (La Morieri)

c. 1872

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Artist, French, 1796 - 1875

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Avalon Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 65.2 × 55.1 cm (25 11/16 × 21 11/16 in.)
    framed: 94.9 x 84.5 x 11.4 cm (37 3/8 x 33 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1954.6.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist to (Hector Brame, Paris), c. 1874.[1] Armand-François-Paul des Frisches, comte Doria [1824-1896], château d'Orrouy; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4 May 1899, no. 55, as Italienne). Charles Guasco; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11 June 1900, no. 13); purchased by Mme Robert Esnault-Pelterie;[2] her son, Robert Esnault-Pelterie [1891-1957], until 1954.[3] (Galerie Nathan, Zurich) and (Sam Salz, New York);[4] sold 10 June 1954 to the Avalon Foundation, New York, for NGA.
[1] Alfred Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, Paris, 1905: III:296, no. 2146.
[2] According to the catalogue of a 1910 exhibition at the Galerie Georges Petit, Paris.
[3] See correspondence between Robert Esnault-Pelterie and Jacques Seligmann Gallery dated 1949-1954 in Seligmann papers, Archives of American Art, Washington, Box 34 (copies in NGA curatorial files). Esnault-Pelterie had the painting on consignment with Seligmann until 1954.
[4] Letter dated 26 April 1999 from Galerie Nathan, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1910

  • Exposition des chefs d'oeuvre de l'Ecole française, vingt peintures du XIXe siècle, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1910, no. 25

1946

  • Corot, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1946, no. 71, repro., as La Morieri

1969

  • In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.

1992

  • From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 39, repro.

2017

  • Desnudo en el paisaje: Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez (1824-1904), Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, 2017-2018.

2018

  • Corot: Women, Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018, no. 14, repro.

Bibliography

1905

  • Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: 3:no. 296, as La Morieri.

1910

  • Hamel, M. "Exposition des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'ecole française, vingt peintres du XIXe siècle chez Petit," Les Arts (August 1910): 319, repro. as La Morieri

1930

  • Bernheim de Villers, C. Corot, peintre de figures, Paris, 1930: no. 319, repro., as La Morieri.

1951

  • Morse, J.D. "Corot as a Figure Painter," The American Artist 15 (1951): 28-29, repro.

1963

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 323, repro.

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.

1972

  • Nathan Fine Arts. Dr. Fritz Nathan und Dr. Peter Nathan, 1922-1972. Zürich, 1972: no. 41, repro.

1975

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

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 432, no. 624, color repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 428, no. 612, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 95, repro.

1998

  • Yeide, Nancy. "Hector Brame: An art dealer in nineteenth-century Paris." Apollo (March 1998): 42, fig. 8.

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: 85-88, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: COROT

Wikidata ID

Q20188751


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