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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
1905Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: III:116-117, no. 1570, repro.
1930Bernheim de Villers, G. C. Corot peintre de figures. Paris, 1930: 68-70, no. 269, repro.
1946Marceau, Henri. "Corot." Art News (May 1946): 32.
2000Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 75-78, color repro.

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