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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

The Forest of Coubron, 1872

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 96 x 77.8 cm (37 13/16 x 30 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.12

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

lower center: COROT 1872

Provenance

F. Stumpf; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1873, no. 8, as Entrée du bois Coubron, par une mantinée de printemps);[1] Maurice Kann [1839-1906], Paris, until at least 1878.[2] (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris); sold 1892 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[3] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Sales catalogue is entitled Collection de M. S***. However, Alfred Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, Paris, 1905: III:372, no. 2386, identifies Stumpf as the collector. This is most likely F. Stumpf, a friend of Corot and collector of Corot and other Barbizon painters.

[2] Annotated copy of 1873 sales catalogue in Frick Art Reference Library gives Kann as the purchaser; Robaut 1905 (see note 1) gives Kann as the owner in 1878.

[3] According to the 1931 Widener collection catalogue.

Associated Names

Drouot, Hôtel
Kann, Maurice
Knoedler & Company, M.
Stumpf, F.
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Bibliography

1885: Catalogue of Paintings Forming the Collection of P.A.B. Widener, Ashbourne, near Philadelphia. 2 vols. Paris, 1885-1900: 1(1885):13, repro.

1905: Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: 3:372, no. 2386, repro.

1906: Gensel, Walther. Corot und Troyon. Bielefeld, 1906: 46, repro.

1915: Roberts, William. Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: British and Modern French Schools, Philadelphia, 1915: unpaginated, repro., as Le Retour au Logis.

1923: Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923: unpaginated, repro., as Le Retour au Logis.

1931: Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 204, repro., as Le Retour au Logis.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 103, 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.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 74, repro.

1975: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 437, no. 630, color repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 432, no. 618, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 94, 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: 94-97, color repro.