Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
A Funeral Pyre with Figures Mourning in a Forest

A Funeral Pyre with Figures Mourning in a Forest

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A Funeral Pyre with Figures Mourning in a Forest
ArtistFrench, 1796–1875
CultureFrench
Titles
  • A Funeral Pyre with Figures Mourning in a Forest
Datec. 1859
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/16 in. (40 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
Object number2010.179
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist (Lugt 460); [to Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 26-28, 31 and June 1-4, 7-9, 1875]; Eugène Calando, Paris, (Lugt 837); [W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, by 2009-2010]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, recto lower left corner: E.C. [in a box]
Stamped in red, recto lower left corner: VENET / COROT [in red]

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