Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Young Man in front of a Great Oak

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Artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)French, 1796–1875

CultureFrench

Titles

Young Man in front of a Great Oak

Datec. 1840

PlaceFrance

MediumGraphite heightened with white gouache on buff wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 11 1/2 × 15 11/16 in. (29.2 × 39.8 cm)
Frame: 18 3/8 × 22 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (46.7 × 57.8 × 4.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Delta Delta Sorority in honor of Laura Lee Blanton

Object number97.209

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Label, verso: "Fit with Conservation Clear / UV Filtering Glass." Label, verso of frame: "Hayward Gallery 83144 / Exhibition Corot / Cat. no 47 / artist Corot / title Young Man in front of a Great Oak / Owner Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox." "Nineteenth Century French Drawings / 21 November - 18 December 1990 / CAT No. 15 / Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox 38 Bury Street St. James's London SW1 / 071-930 6422 / 6821."

The work is signed in pencil, lower right of sheet: "Corot."

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