Camille COROT (1796-1875) - Lot 8

Camille COROT (1796-1875) Mantes, the bridge seen from close up, circa 1850-1854 Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. 21 x 34 cm Provenance : - Study sold by Corot to M.Breysse, shortly before his death. - Charles Jacques (1813-1894), Barbizon painter - Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Charles Jacques sale, November 30, 1878, lot 22, 940 francs. Bibliography: - A. Robaut, "L'œuvre de Corot", Paris, 1905, tome III, p.102 reproduced under n°1528 - G. Bazin, Corot, Paris, 1942, p.106 - C. Lebeau and M. Dieterle, "Corot: la lumière des villes", Paris, 1996, reproduced p.11. - Wildenstein - Rodolphe Walter, "Corot à Mantes", Editions de l'amateur, Paris 1997 (no. 46 and reproduced on the cover of the book). Exhibition: - New-York, Salander-O'reilly Galleries, "Jean-Bapiste-Camille-Corot, late paintings", December 5, 1996 to January 13, 1997, under no. 4, reproduced on p. 15.