Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (as of 1875)
J.K. (and sold, his (or her) estate sale, Paris, May 17, 1878, lot 3)
Hollander & Cremetti, London
The Hon. Mrs. B.M. Denison, London (and sold, Christie's, London, May 13, 1927, lot 87)
Smith collection (acquired from the above sale)
Wildenstein and Paul Rosenberg (acquired jointly in 1930)
Sir and Lady Edward S. Baron (and sold, Sotheby's, London, April 29, 1964, lot 68)
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Private collection (and sold, Christie's, New York, May 27, 1983, lot 37, illustrated)
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bruckmann, New York
Household International Corporation Collection (and sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 5, 1999, lot 45, illustrated)
Private collection (acquired from the above sale, and sold, Sotheby's, New York, April 23, 2004, lot 27, illustrated)
Private collection (acquired from the above sale)

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, An Exhibition of Literature & Poetry in Painting Since 1850, January 24 - February 14, 1933, no. 14
Los Angeles Museum, European Paintings by Old and Modern Masters: An Exhibition Arranged by Wildenstein and Company, June 13 - August 5, 1934, no. 13
Pittsburgh, Clark Building, Junior League Gallery, A Group of French Paintings from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, Exhibited by Wildenstein & Co., Inc., November 9 - 23, 1934, no. 11
Chicago, Main Street Galleries, Thirty-Three Paintings of the Barbizon School, 1830-1878, November 23 - December 24, 1964, no. 2
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Corot and His Contemporaries, March 30-April 17, 1965, no. 11

Alfred Robaut, L'Oeuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré, Paris, 1905, vol. II p. 240, no. 710, illustrated p. 241 (drawing by Robaut)
"Corot at Fontainebleau," Arts Magazine, XXXIX, March 1965, p. 39, illustrated

The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: This work is in beautiful condition. The canvas has a good glue lining. The paint layer is probably clean and lightly varnished. There is what appears to be a small scuff to the varnish in the lower right, but no paint loss. The paint is thick, healthy and un-abraded. There is a clear health to the work overall. The work could be hung as is.
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