Camille Jean-Baptiste COROT (1796-1875) Lot n° 232

Gouvieux, near Chantilly, rising road, ca. 1855-1860 Oil on panel, signed lower left, bears a number 22107 BVC (Boussod, Valadon), a stamp number 10761, a pencil number 12241 and a wax stamp on the back 37.5 x 46 cm Provenance: - Former Otlet collection, Brussels - Sedelmeyer and Boussod, Valadon & Cie, acquired from the above by March 5, 1892 - Henri Vever, acquired from the above on April 11, 1892 - Sale of the Henri Vever Collection, Modern Paintings, Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings, Sculptures, Gallery Georges Petit, Paris, February 1 and 2, 1897, N°22 of the sale catalog, under the title Le Chemin montant - Emile Boivin (1831-1909), sugar refiner, amateur photographer and great art collector, acquired at the above-mentioned sale - By descent to the present owners Exhibitions : - Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1889 à Paris - Beaux-Arts, Exposition Centennale de l'Art français (1789-1889), N°165 of the catalog under the title Chemin montant (M. Otlet lender) - Exhibition of the Centenary of Corot, Palais Galliera, Paris, May-June 1895, N° 132 of the catalog under the title Le Chemin montant (Henri Vever, lender) Bibliography : - L'oeuvre de Corot, catalog raisonné et illustré par Alfred Robaut, éditions H. Floury, Éditeur, Paris, 1905, Tome deuxième, described and reproduced on page 282 under N°888 (with dimensions 36 x 44 cm) There are at least two copies of this painting