Painting of a largely sepia-toned, monochromatic courtyard interspersed with colorfully dressed individuals socializing and performing everyday tasks.
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Painting of a rustic, monochromatic, and most likely French, courtyard with individuals present throughout. The buildings appear to be largely made of stone with straw, metal, or timber roofs. A young girl in a green, aproned dress pets a calico cat towards the front of the painting while a woman in a blue dress gets water from a well to the right. A man and a woman engage in conversation to the left of the painting as a man watches from an upstairs window.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.182
People
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French (Paris 1796 - 1875 Ville d'Avray)
Title
A Rustic Court-Yard
Other Titles
Former Title: Une cour rustique avec un vieux puits
Former Title: Intérieur de ferme
Former Title: Farmyard with Well
Former Title: Une cour avec un vieux puits
Former Title: Courtyard
Former Title: Intérieur d’une ferme
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1850
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370193

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39.7 × 47.5 cm (15 5/8 × 18 11/16 in.)
frame: 60 × 68.4 × 5.5 cm (23 5/8 × 26 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right: Corot
  • inscription: verso, center stretcher, white chalk: WEITZNER
  • label: verso, center stretcher, blue-green round with serrated edges, blue ink: 18 [or 81]
  • stamp: verso, over center and left stretcher, round, black ink: [illegible]
  • inscription: verso, bottom stretcher, black stencil: [cut off, illegible]
  • label: verso, upper left: [printed:] S.E. No. [typewritten:] 2396.7 / [printed:] MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS / SPECIAL LOAN EXHIBTION / OF / [typewritten:] Peter Bent Brigham Tour / [printed:] Title [typewritten:] Farmyward with Well / [printed:] Artist [typewritten:] Camille Corot / [printed:] Owner [typewritten:] Dr. & Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon / [printed:] Address [typewritten:] 27 Craigie St / Cambridge, Mass. / [cut off text]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Auguste-Etienne-Louis Tabourier (1822-1898), sold [through his estate sale, Hotel Drouot, June 20, 1898, lot 9 as "Intérieur de ferme"]; to [Hector Brame, Paris]. [Galerie Charpentier, December 1, 1933, lot 5]. [?] [Julius H. Weitzner, New York and London], sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, October 6, 1953; The Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Trust, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.182
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue Des Tableaux, Aquarelles, Gouaches Et Dessins Anciens Et Modernes, Tapisseries, Objets D'art, Bronzes D'art, Sculptures, Bronzes De Barye Composant La Collection De Feu M. L. Tabourier, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (June 20, 1898), p. 8, lot 9 as "Intérieur de ferme"
  • Alfred Robaut, L'oeuvre De Corot, Henri Floury (Paris, 1905), vol. 2, pp. 236-237, no. 689, repr.
  • Arthur K. Solomon, Marjorie B. Cohn, Angela Creager, and Robert Köhler, Arthur Kaskel Solomon: Transcripts of Interviews Sponsored by the Oral History Committee, Harvard Medical School, 1993-1995 (Boston, 1997), pp. 412-415

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