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(Theodore Bonjean, Paris); sold 1890 to (Boussod Valadon et Cie., Paris); resold 1890 to (Theodore Bonjean, Paris).[1] Monsieur Bruneau, Paris, by 1895.[2] Ferdinand Blumenthal [d. 1914], Paris; his son Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt [d. 1965], Paris and New York;[3] gift 1955 to NGA.

[1] According to Boussod Valadon stockbooks (Dieterle collection, Series II, Box 12, p. 154, Getty Center Library, copies in NGA curatorial files). See also Alfred Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, Paris, 1905: III:88, no. 1505.

[2] Lent by Bruneau to Exposition de centenaire de Corot, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 1895, no. 23.

[3] Pecci-Blunt had the painting on consignment with Jacques Seligmann in 1941 but decided not to sell his collection at that time. Receipt for the return of the paintings to Pecci-Blunt dated November 19, 1941, Jacques Seligmann Papers, Archives of American Art, Box 75, folder 30. Lent by Pecci-Blunt through Seligmann to The Functions of Color in Painting, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 1941. See Correspondence between Seligmann and Phillips in Jacques Seligmann Papers, Archives of American Art, Box 130, folder 5 (copies NGA curatorial files).

Exhibition History
1895
Exposition de centenaire de Corot, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 1895, no. 23, as Maison de Corot à Ville d'Avray
1941
The Functions of Color in Painting, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 1941, no. 17.
1942
The Serene World of Corot, an Exhibition in Aid of the Salvation Army War Fund, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1942, no. 52, repro., as L'Etang de Ville d'Avray
1946
Corot, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1946, no. 52, repro., as L'Etang de Ville d'Avray
1980
Loan for display with permanent collection, Munch Museum, Oslo, 1980-1981.
1988
The Pastoral Landscape: The Modern Vision, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 108, fig. 185.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 3, repro.
1992
From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 38, repro.
1996
Corot, Courbet und die Maler von Barbizon: Les amis de la nature, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1996, no. B21, repro.
1996
Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 148-149, color repro.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 3, repro.
Bibliography
1905
Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: 3:88-89, no. 1505, repro.
1959
Evans, Grose. French Painting of the 19th Century in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1959 (Booklet Number Two in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 18, color repro.
1962
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. Treasures from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1962: 154, color 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.
1966
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:414, color repro.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 24, repro.
1972
Hours, Madeleine. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. New York, 1972: 47, fig. 52.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 76, repro.
1984
Hours, Madeleine. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. New York, 1984: 43, fig. 48
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 432, no. 621, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 96, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 3, repro.
1991
Coman, Florence E. Joie de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 2, 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: 57-61, color repro.
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