ID 829392
Lot 153 | JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Dunkerque, Une pêcheuse de crevettes
with studio stamp 'VENTE/COROT' (lower left); and stamped with studio sale wax seal (on the reverse)
oil on panel
11 1/8 x 18 in. (28.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in September 1857.
Provenance
The artist's studio sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 May- 2 June 1875, lot 141, as Dunes de Dunkerque. Une pêcheuse de crevettes.
Acquired at the above sale by M. Stevens (1800 fr).
The Hon. Sir Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (1866-1937), by 1935, and thence by descent to Beatrice Beckett, who married Anthony Eden in 1923.
Retained by Anthony Eden in his divorce from Beatrice in 1950.
Literature
C. Hussey, 'Fyfield Manor, Wiltshire - III, the Home of the Earl and Countess of Avon', Country Life, 5 October 1961, p. 751, illustrated in the Drawing Room.
A. Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1965, vol. 2, p. 252, no. 762, illustrated p. 253; vol 4, p. 208, no. 141, illustrated.
Exhibited
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Lord Avon, 11 January – 20 March 1966, no. 4.
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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