Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The Artist’s Studio
1864-1869
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.200
Between 1865 and 1870, Corot painted six works bearing this title. The Baltimore example is now thought to be an ébauche, or preliminary study, for a larger version in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. It is painted in looser and more fluid brushstrokes than the Washington picture. These paintings have been frequently likened to those of the 17th-century Delft master Jan Vermeer in the subtle treatment of the effects of light and in their poetic representation of ordinary life.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1947; Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York; Eugène Ducasse, Paris, by 1878 and probably before 1872
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, "Exposition Rétrospective de Tableaux et Dessins des Maîtres Modernes", 1878. (Exhibited as "La Femme Peintre à son Chevalet" )
Hotel Drouot, Paris, "Tableaux Modernes, Dessins, Aquarelles et Pastels par Barye, Bonnington, Bonvin, Chassériau, Chintreuil, Daubigny, Daumier, Delacroix, Granet, Guillaumet, Innocenti, Lépine, Malfroy, Mannuci, Manet, Olive, Pail, de la Rochenoire, Watelet. Oeuvres Importantes de Corot et Jongkind, Bronzes par Barye", November 27, 1934. (Exhibited as Le modèle dans l'atelier de l'artiste")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Themes and Variations in Painting and Sculpture", April 15-May 23, 1948. (Exhibited as "The Studio of Corot")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7-December 31, 1949.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Memorial Exhibition", January 13-March 5, 1950. (Exhibited as "In the Studio")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland", November 13-December 30, 1951. (Exhibited as "The Artist's Studio")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24-February 19, 1955.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21-November 4, 1955.
Paul Rosenberg & Company, New York, "Loan Exhibition of Paintings by J.B.C. Corot", November 5-December 1, 1956. (Exhibited as "L'Atelier de Corot. Jeune Femme Assise Devant un Chevalet")
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Works by Camille Corot", Oct. 5-Nov. 13, 1960.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29-May 4, 1974.
David B. Cass, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, "In the Studio: The Making of Art in Nineteenth-Century France", September 12-October 25, 1981.
Brenda Richardson, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, National Gallery of Canada, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, "Corot 1796-1875", February 28-May 27, 1996; circulated to The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, June 21-September 22, 1996; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 22, 1996-January 19, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse", March 12-July 16, 2000; circulated to The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, August 13-November 26, 2000; The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, January 8-March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 12 - October 7, 2001; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Corot's Women", September 7 - December 20, 2018/
Hotel Drouot, Paris, "Tableaux Modernes, Dessins, Aquarelles et Pastels par Barye, Bonnington, Bonvin, Chassériau, Chintreuil, Daubigny, Daumier, Delacroix, Granet, Guillaumet, Innocenti, Lépine, Malfroy, Mannuci, Manet, Olive, Pail, de la Rochenoire, Watelet. Oeuvres Importantes de Corot et Jongkind, Bronzes par Barye", November 27, 1934. (Exhibited as Le modèle dans l'atelier de l'artiste")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Themes and Variations in Painting and Sculpture", April 15-May 23, 1948. (Exhibited as "The Studio of Corot")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7-December 31, 1949.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Memorial Exhibition", January 13-March 5, 1950. (Exhibited as "In the Studio")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland", November 13-December 30, 1951. (Exhibited as "The Artist's Studio")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24-February 19, 1955.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21-November 4, 1955.
Paul Rosenberg & Company, New York, "Loan Exhibition of Paintings by J.B.C. Corot", November 5-December 1, 1956. (Exhibited as "L'Atelier de Corot. Jeune Femme Assise Devant un Chevalet")
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Works by Camille Corot", Oct. 5-Nov. 13, 1960.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29-May 4, 1974.
David B. Cass, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, "In the Studio: The Making of Art in Nineteenth-Century France", September 12-October 25, 1981.
Brenda Richardson, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, National Gallery of Canada, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, "Corot 1796-1875", February 28-May 27, 1996; circulated to The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, June 21-September 22, 1996; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 22, 1996-January 19, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse", March 12-July 16, 2000; circulated to The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, August 13-November 26, 2000; The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, January 8-March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 12 - October 7, 2001; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Corot's Women", September 7 - December 20, 2018/
Galeries Durand-Ruel, "Exposition Rétrospective de Tableaux et Dessins des Maîtres Modernes," Paris: Galeries Durand-Ruel, 1878, p. 2, no. 94. (Published as "La Femme Peintre à son Chevalet" )
Julius Meier-Graffe, "Corot und Courbet: Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Moderne Malerie," Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1905, p. 84.
Alfred Robaut, "L'Oeuvre de Corot: Catalogue Raisonné et Illustré, vol. 3," Paris: H. Floury, 1905, pp. 112-113, no. 1559 bis, ill. (Published as "L'Atelier de Corot - Jeune Femme Assise devant un Chevalet")
Julius Meier-Graefe, "Camille Corot," Munich: R. Piper & Company, 1913, p.104.
Paul Jamot, "La Peinture au Musée du Louvre: École Francaise, vol. 1," Paris, 1929, p. 35.
C. Bernheim de Villers, "Corot Peintre de Figures," Paris: MM. Bernheim-Jeune, Editeurs d'Art, 1930, p. 56, no. 255, ill. (Published as "L'atelier de Corot")
"Tableaux Modernes, Dessins, Aquarelles et Pastels par Barye, Bonnington, Bonvin, Chassériau, Chintreuil, Daubigny, Daumier, Delacroix, Granet, Guillaumet, Innocenti, Lépine, Malfroy, Mannuci, Manet, Olive, Pail, de la Rochenoire, Watelet. Oeuvres Importantes de Corot et Jongkind, Bronzes par Barye," Hotel Drouot, Paris, November 28, 1934, lot. no. 24, pl. XV, ill. (Published as Le modèle dans l'atelier de l'artiste")
Germain Bazin, "Corot," Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, 1942, p. 107. (Published as Robaut 1557-1560)
Pierre Courthion and Pierre Cailler, "Corot Raconté par Lui-Même et Par Ses, Ses Contemporains, Sa Postérité," Geneva: Pierre Cailler Éditeur, 1946, p. 101.
E.M. Benson and Gertrude Rosenthal "Themes and Variations in Painting and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1948, p. 63, no. 72. (Published as "The Studio of Corot")
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 11.
"Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, Collectors," "Art News," vol. XLVIII, no. 9, January 1950, pp. 38, 40, ill. p. 38.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Memorial Exhibition," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," January-February 1950, vol. 13, nos. 4 and 5, p. 13, cover page, ill. (Published as "In the Studio")
Germain Bazin, "Corot," 2nd ed. Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, 1951, p. 112. (Published as "Variantes de L'Atelier")
Clive Bell, "Modern French Painting: The Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1951, p. 15.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, p. 23, no. 43. (Published as "The Artist's Studio")
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 24, 27, no. 15, ill.
Howard Devree, "About Art and Artists: Works by Matisse, Picasso and Others From Cone Collection Displayed," "The New York Times," January 25, 1955, p. 23.
Elie Faure, "Loan Exhibition of Paintings by J.B.C. Corot," New York: Paul Rosenberg & Company, 1956, pp. 11, 25, no. 25, ill. (Published as "L'Atelier de Corot. Jeune Femme Assise Devant un Chevalet")
"Object of the Week," "The Baltimore Sun," March 3, 1957, p. 232, ill. (Published as "The Artist's Studio")
Daniel Baud-Bovy, "Corot," Geneva: Daniel Baud-Bovy and Alexandre Jullien, 1957, pp. 128-129.
Leslie Judd Portner, "Worthy Home for Cone Collection," "The Washington Post and Times Herald," August 25, 1957, p. E7.
Paul Jamot, "La Peinture au Musée du Louvre École Française," Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958-61, p. 35.
S. Lane Faison, Jr. and James Merrill, "Corot 1796-1875" Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1960, p. 24, no. 97.
Eloise Spaeth, "American Art Museums and Galleries: An Introduction to Looking," New York: Harper & Bros, 1960, p. 50.
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, pp. 236, 259. (Published as "In the Studio")
Jean Leymarie, "French Painting the Nineteenth Century," Geneva: Skira, 1962, pp. 112, 220.
Lawrence Gowing, "Corot," Art News Annual XXX," 1965, p. 118, ill.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 17, 37, 65, no. 13, ill.
The Museum of Modern Art, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970, p. 84.
Germain Bazin, "Corot," Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1973, pp. 271, 290-291, 311. (Published as "l'Atelier")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 5.
Jean Leymarie, "Corot," Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, S.A., 1979, pp. 138, 140, 171, ill. p. 140. (Published as "The Artist's Studio")
David B. Cass, "In the Studio: The Making of Art in Nineteenth-Century France," Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,1981, pp. 23, 25, 47, ill. no. 17.
William R. Johnston, "The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934," Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1984, p. 48.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 194.
Antje Zimmermann, "Poesie und Wahrheit in Corots Figurenbildern," "Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch,"1985, XLVI, vol. 46, pp. 405, 409.
Antje Zimmermann, "Studien zum Figurenbild bei Corot," PhD Dissertation, Cologne: University of Cologne, 1986, pp. 112-147.
Fronia E. Wissman, "Corot's Salon Paintings: Sources from French Classicism to Contemporary Theater Design," PhD Dissertation, New Haven: Yale University, 1989, pp. 109-110.
Jean Leymarie, "Corot," Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira S.A., 1992, pp. 158, 160, 197, p. 160, ill. (Published as "L'atelier de l'artiste")
Le Musée Municipal de Kobé, Le Musée d'Art de Yokohama, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., "Exposition du Bicentenaire du Musée du Louvre," Kobe: Shiritsu Hakubutsukan, 1993, p. 312.
"19th Century European Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors and Sculpture," Christie's, October 13, 1994, lot. No. 6, pp. 207, 208, 209, fig. 4, ill.
Gary Tinterow and Michael Pantazzi, "Corot 1796-1875," Paris, New York and Ottawa: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1996, pp. 380-381, 492, no. 135, ill. (Published as "L'Atelier de Corot")
Gérard de Wallens, "Corot," Paris: Editions du Chêne, Hachette Livre, Somogy Éditions d'art,1996, pp. 124, 139, 141, p. 124, ill. (Published as "L'Atelier de Corot")
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, pp. pp. 35, 60-61, 155, no. 10, ill.
"19th Century European Art including Barbizon, Realist and French Landscape Paintings," Christie's, New York, April 23, 2003, lot no. 40, pp. 62, 63, fig. 1, ill.
Susan M. Heidenreich and Kathleen A. Turano, "Where Does One Look When Viewing Artwork in a Museum?," "Empirical Studies of the Arts, Journal of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics," 2011, vol. 29, no.1, pp. 55, 62, 63, 64, fig. 4, ill.
Morton, Mary G., David Ogawa, Sébastien Allard, and Heather McPherson. "Corot: Women." Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 2018, pp. 63, 65, 68, 70, 155 ill.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in paint, "COROT"
On View at the BMA
