Forest of Fontainebleau

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).

Forest of Fontainebleau

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille

1834

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

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection