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41 - Jean-Baptiste Camille COROT (1796–1875)
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Estimate €50,000 - €70,000
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Jean-Baptiste Camille COROT (1796–1875) The Point of the Island of Saint-Ouen – circa 1865–1870 Oil on canvas Signed lower right ‘COROT’ 41 x 33.5 cm Provenance: Probably the collection of Julien Bessonneau (1842–1916), Angers Boussod and Valadon Gallery, Paris, 1904 William Brebner Simpson Gallery (1867–1949), Glasgow (no. 422), according to a label on the reverse S. Hewy Collection, according to Eric Turquin Galerie Eric Turquin, Paris Acquired from the latter by the current owner on 15 June 2011 Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection Bibliography: A. Robaut, E. Moreau-Nélaton, *L’œuvre de Corot*, an illustrated catalogue raisonné preceded by a history of Corot and his works... Volume III, Paris, 1904, no. 1882, p. 212, reproduced in black and white on p. 213 (Titled ‘Wooded edge of a pond’) Oil on canvas, signed lower right; 16 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. With its silvery light, this painting differs in its execution from the previous one. It indeed belongs to the body of ‘souvenirs’ painted by Corot in the 1860s–1870s, much like *Souvenir à Mortefontaine*, which is one of the highlights of the 19th-century section at the Louvre. These ‘souvenirs’ evoke specific places, rendered from memory or with the aid of a sketch made on location. They are characterised by a silvery light, lending the image a hazy quality, as if filtered through time. The foliage has been rendered using a multitude of horizontal strokes in shades of grey and milky green, thus creating a shimmering surface typical of his mature work. In contrast to the realistic landscape paintings of Courbet and Daubigny, Corot’s ‘souvenirs’ are odes to the poetic sentiment inspired in him by the banks of the Seine. Jean-Baptiste Camille COROT (1796–1875) 41 x 33.5 cm In its treatment of the silvery light, this painting differs from the previous one. It belongs to the series of ‘souvenirs’ painted by Corot between 1860 and 1870, such as *Souvenir à Mortefontaine*, which is one of the highlights of the 19th-century collection at the Musée du Louvre. This group of works by Corot evokes specific places, rendered from memory or based on a sketch made from life. They are characterised by a silvery light, lending the image a hazy quality, as if filtered by the passage of time. The foliage has been rendered using a multitude of horizontal brushstrokes in shades of milky grey and green, thus creating a shimmering surface, typical of his mature work. In contrast to the realistic landscape paintings by Courbet and Daubigny, Corot’s “souvenirs” are his odes to the poetic sentiment inspired by the banks of the Seine.
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