A Nude Reclining in a Landscape

1825/1828

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Artist, French, 1796 - 1875

The image shows a sketch of a person reclining on their side, with one leg extended and the upper body supported by an arm. The person's head is turned slightly to the left, with delicately outlined facial features and hair styled in waves or gentle curls. The individual is unclothed and positioned on a natural landscape with undulating hills or dunes. Surrounding the figure are sketchy outlines of vegetation, likely bushes or trees, filling much of the scene. There are no visible items of jewelry or objects being held. The background features loosely sketched tree outlines, creating a serene, natural environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Evelyn Stefansson Nef

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.4 x 28 cm (7 5/8 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.36.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist (L. 461); (sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 26 - 28 May, 1875). Mr. and Mrs. Hans Angehrn-Bechtler, Thalwil; by descent to J.H. Angehrn, Thalwil; (sale, Christie's New York, 19 November 1998, no. 229). (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased by NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Sammlung Geschwister Bechtler, Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, 1956, no. 15.

1960

  • Corot, Kunstmuseum, Bern, 1960, no. 129.

2003

  • J.B.C. Corot: a Selection of Drawings, Jill Newhouse, New York, 2003, p. 20.

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Wikidata ID

Q64581188

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