Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The Crown of Flowers
1864-1869
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The Crown of Flowers
1864-1869
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 17 in. (64.8 x 43.2 cm.)
Credit Line
The Helen and Abram Eisenberg Collection
Object Number
1968.36
During the late 1860s and early 1870s, Corot produced a number of paintings of single figures. In this example, the model Cécile is seated weaving a crown of flowers at the edge of a path. Enlivening the tranquil scene are the colorful blossoms adorning her hair and the bold decoration on the young woman’s rustic costume.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1968; Helen (Mrs. Abram) Eisenberg, Baltimore, 1933, on loan to The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967-1968; Helen and Abram Eisenberg, Baltimore; purchased by Mrs. Abram Eisenberg from Knoedler and Co., March, 1925.
Philiadelphia Museum of Art, "Corot", 1946, no. 50, ill.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin", November - December 1951, no. 42, ill. p. 22
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Man and His Years", October 19 - November 21, 1954, no. 92
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterworks from the BMA and Maryland Private Collections", January 15 - February 10, 1963
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, "Corot and his Contemporaries", March 30 - April 17, 1965, no. 13, ill. cover.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists", October 22 - December 8, 1968
Wildenstein and Co., "Corot", October 29 - December 6, 1969
The Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, "Pittsburgh in the Gilded Age: Collectors and Collections 1890-1905", April 3 - June 29, 1997
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Triumph of French Painting, Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse, 3/12-7/16/2000", no. 11 pp. 62-63 ill.; circulated to The Philbrook Museum of Art, The Norton Museum of Art, Dayton Art Institute, The Royal Academy of Arts, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, through 1/6/2002.
Sona K. Johnson, BMA, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., "Corot's Women", September 7 - December 20, 2018
Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin", November - December 1951, no. 42, ill. p. 22
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Man and His Years", October 19 - November 21, 1954, no. 92
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterworks from the BMA and Maryland Private Collections", January 15 - February 10, 1963
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, "Corot and his Contemporaries", March 30 - April 17, 1965, no. 13, ill. cover.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists", October 22 - December 8, 1968
Wildenstein and Co., "Corot", October 29 - December 6, 1969
The Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, "Pittsburgh in the Gilded Age: Collectors and Collections 1890-1905", April 3 - June 29, 1997
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Triumph of French Painting, Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse, 3/12-7/16/2000", no. 11 pp. 62-63 ill.; circulated to The Philbrook Museum of Art, The Norton Museum of Art, Dayton Art Institute, The Royal Academy of Arts, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, through 1/6/2002.
Sona K. Johnson, BMA, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., "Corot's Women", September 7 - December 20, 2018
Aldred Robaut and Etinne Moreau-Nelation, "L'Oeuvre de Corot", Paris, 1905, no. 1432, vol. 3, ill. p. 63
Rosenthal, Gertrude, ed. From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968, pp. 69, ill.
David L. Shirey, "Monkey (sic?) Maker", Newsweek, November 10, 1969, p. 125, ill.
Mary Delahoyd, "Corot: Classic Romantic", Art News, November 1969, p. 39, ill.
Sona K. Johnson et al, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art" catalogue committee, 2003, no. 3, p. 30, ill. p. 31.
Morton, Mary G., David Ogawa, Sébastien Allard, and Heather McPherson. Corot: Women. Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 2018, p. 111 ill.
On View at the BMA
