Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more PROPERTY FROM A SCOTTISH COLLECTION
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)

Pêcheur amarré sur la rive verte

Details
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Pêcheur amarré sur la rive verte
indistinctly signed 'COROT' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (41 x 55 cm.)
Painted circa 1860-65.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Théodore Scribe.
By inheritance to his wife.
Her sale; Paris, Drouot, 17 December 1894, lot 6 (17,100 Ffr).
Acquired at the above sale by Mr. Le Roy.
Sir John Reid, Glasgow.
By descent to Mrs. E.M. Salvesen, Glassel.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
D.S. MacColl, Nineteenth Century Art, Glasgow, 1901, illustrated.
A. Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1905, vol. III, pp. 218-219, no. 1909, illustrated.
J.L. Caw, The collection of pictures of the British, French and Dutch Schools belonging to John Reid, Glasgow, 1913, p.87, illustrated, as L'Etang.
Exhibited
Glasgow, Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901.
Wolverhampton, Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1902.
Kirkcaldy Art gallery, Inaugural Loan Exhibition, 1925.
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Paintings from North East Homes: Festival of Britain, 1951.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Please note Payments and Collections will be unavailable on Monday 12th July 2010 due to a major update to the Client Accounting IT system. For further details please call +44 (0) 20 7839 9060 or e-mail info@christies.com

Brought to you by

Clemency Henty
Clemency Henty

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

Sign in
View condition report

More from Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day

View All
View All