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The Fisherman's Cottage
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot1871
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Corot first visited the Normandy coast in the early 1820s and often returned thereafter. Since he did not visit the coast in 1871, this must represent a memory of an earlier stay based on studies or simply on his recollections. He concentrates on the rustic cottages and picturesque fisher-folk of the region, ignoring all signs of tourism.
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- Title: The Fisherman's Cottage
- Creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
- Date Created: 1871
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
- Provenance: M. Breysse, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [from the artist]; Collection Faure (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, between 1878 and 1893, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: oil paintings
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: [Signature] In dark brown at lower right: COROT; [Date] In dark brown at lower right: 1871; [Label] On back of frame: Breysse 59
- Exhibitions: The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh. 2008-2009., Exposition de l'Oeuvre de Corot. École des beaux-arts, Paris, Paris. 1875., The Men of 1830. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1957., The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.
- Dimensions: H: 29 15/16 x W: 25 13/16 in. (76 x 65.5 cm); Framed H: 34 5/8 x W: 30 5/8 x D: 3 1/8 in. (87.95 x 77.79 x 7.94 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, between 1878 and 1893
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.164
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