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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.220
People
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French (Paris 1796 - 1875 Ville d'Avray)
Title
Goatherd in a Landscape
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Danse de Nymphes
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1855-1860
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230162

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.98 x 71.12 cm (21 1/4 x 28 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in black paint: Corot

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Unidentified dealer or collector, Paris], sold; to M. Mante, Marseilles, 1870. [1] M. Montaignac, Paris, sold; to [Edward Brandus, Paris and New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, 1899, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Notes
[1] Purchased sometime before the Franco-Prussian war

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.220
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, Jades, Paintings and Drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art; selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), p. 11
  • [Unidentified article], Boston Post (Boston, MA, April 12, 1953)
  • [Unidentified article], Harvard Today (Cambridge, MA, Spring 1965)
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 103, repr. as no. 305

Exhibition History

  • Chinese sculpture, bronzes, jades, paintings and drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art : selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/01/1943 - 02/28/1944
  • Concentrator's Choice, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/20/1977

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