Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Ville D’Avray: L’Étang au batelier (Effet du soir)
1861
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Ville D’Avray: L’Étang au batelier (Effet du soir)
1861
Physical Qualities
Etching, drypoint, Sheet: 109 x 161 mm. (4 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Plate: 78 x 128 mm. (3 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.605
Melot does not describe the accidental scratch mark in the sky, which Delteil uses to distinguish the third, and final, state. Rather, Melot, as well as Robaut, defines the third state as published in an edition of 200 for the book "Edmond Roche, Poésies posthumes (Paris: M. Lévy, 1863)"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes (Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892): vol. V, pp. 48-54.
Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906-1926): vol. V.
Comments: 31 vols. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions Ltd., Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy. The volume which covers 1830-1837 reprinted by Alan Wofsy, San Francisco, 2002.
Angoulvent, P. J. "L'Oeuvre gravé de Corot." Byblis 5 (1926): 39-55.
Laran, Jean, et al. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1930-ongoing): vol. 5, pp. 184-196 [MH-FA].
Bailly-Herzberg, Janine. "L'Ecole de Barbizon, I., Corot, les eaux-fortes." Connaissance des arts, no.276 (February 1975): 39-44. [MBMu].
Melot, Michel, Robert Erich Wolf (trans.). Graphic art of the Pre-Impressionists (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981).
Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906-1926): vol. V.
Comments: 31 vols. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions Ltd., Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy. The volume which covers 1830-1837 reprinted by Alan Wofsy, San Francisco, 2002.
Angoulvent, P. J. "L'Oeuvre gravé de Corot." Byblis 5 (1926): 39-55.
Laran, Jean, et al. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1930-ongoing): vol. 5, pp. 184-196 [MH-FA].
Bailly-Herzberg, Janine. "L'Ecole de Barbizon, I., Corot, les eaux-fortes." Connaissance des arts, no.276 (February 1975): 39-44. [MBMu].
Melot, Michel, Robert Erich Wolf (trans.). Graphic art of the Pre-Impressionists (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981).
Inscribed: Signed in plate: upper right "COROT" Inscribed in pencil: lower left, in Lucas' hand " 3e Etat"; lower center, in different hand "L'Etang avec un bateau"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
