LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

18.74 in. (47.60 cm.) (height) by 32.24 in. (81.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'C. COROT. 1845.' (lower right)

Exhibited:

New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Romantics and Realists, April-May 1966, no. 9 (illustrated; titled Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice).

Literature:

A. Robaut, L'Œuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1905, vol. I, p. 98 (incorrectly listed as number 321). A. Robaut, L'Œuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1905, vol. II, pp. 114-115, no. 322 (illustrated). M. Potter et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, pp. 106-107, no. 19 (illustrated; titled Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice). G. Tinterow, M. Pantazzi, and V. Pomarède, Corot, exh. cat., Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1996, pp. 130-131 and footnote 5. R. Walter, Corot à Mantes, 1997, pp. 29, 60-61, 177 and 180-181, no. XV (illustrated; titled Venise, vue prise du Quai des Esclavons).

Provenance:

François-Parfait Robert, Mantes (gift from the artist, by 1875). Marie-Adrienne-Eugénie Robert, née L'Évesque, Mantes (by descent from the above). Louis Robert, Maurice Robert and Charles Robert, Mantes (by descent from the above). Francis Demanche and his nephews, Paris (acquired from the above, 1926). Schoeller (probably André Schoeller), Paris. Wildenstein et Cie, Paris (acquired from the above, May 1957). Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above). Acquired from the above by the late owners, October 1957.