Provenance
Louis-Alfred Binant [1823-1904], Paris, by 1855;[1] (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 April 1904, no. 18); purchased by (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris).[2] Léon Orosdi, Paris, sometime after 1913.[3] (Galerie André Weil, Paris);[4] (Etienne Bignou, Paris); sold 25 June 1934 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Alfred Robaut, _L'oeuvre de Corot_, Paris, 1905: II:90, no. 255. Lent by "M. Binand" to _Exposition de centenaire de Corot_, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 1895, no. 18; this seems likely to be a misspelling in the catalogue.
[2] Robaut 1905 (see note 1) and reported in the _New York Herald_, 21 April 1904.
[3] This painting was not included in the sale of Orosdi's collection held at Drouot on 25 May 1923.
[4] Orosdi/Galerie Weil provenance from Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial records, and the Bignou photograph albums at the Documentation, Musée d'Orsay (copies in NGA curatorial files).
Accession Number
1963.10.109
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 175.6 x 242.6 cm (69 1/8 x 95 1/2 in.) | framed: 196.9 x 262.9 cm (77 1/2 x 103 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Chester Dale Collection