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image of Young Girl Reading
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (artist)
French, 1796 - 1875
Young Girl Reading, c. 1868
oil on paperboard on wood
Overall: 32.5 x 41.3 cm (12 13/16 x 16 1/4 in.) framed: 50.5 x 59.1 x 6.4 cm (19 7/8 x 23 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
1985.64.9

Exhibition History

1875
Exposition de l'oeuvre de Corot, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1875, no. 135
1929
Exposition d'oeuvres de Camille J.-B. Corot, Galerie Rosenberg, Paris, 1929, no. 44
1936
Exposition Corot, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1936, no. 92
1941
Probably The Functions of Color in Painting, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 1941, no. 13.
1946
Exhibition of Paintings by Corot, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1946, no. 60, repro.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 4, repro.
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist, repro.

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