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image of Ville-d'Avray
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (artist)
French, 1796 - 1875
Ville-d'Avray, c. 1865
oil on canvas
Overall: 49.3 x 65.5 cm (19 7/16 x 25 13/16 in.) framed: 81.3 x 97.5 x 11.6 cm (32 x 38 3/8 x 4 9/16 in.)
Gift of Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt
1955.9.1

Exhibition History

1895
Exposition de centenaire de Corot, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 1895, no. 23, as Maison de Corot à Ville d'Avray
1941
The Functions of Color in Painting, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 1941, no. 17.
1942
The Serene World of Corot, an Exhibition in Aid of the Salvation Army War Fund, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1942, no. 52, repro., as L'Etang de Ville d'Avray
1946
Corot, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1946, no. 52, repro., as L'Etang de Ville d'Avray
1980
Loan for display with permanent collection, Munch Museum, Oslo, 1980-1981.
1988
The Pastoral Landscape: The Modern Vision, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 108, fig. 185.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 3, repro.
1992
From El Greco to Cezanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 38, repro.
1996
Corot, Courbet und die Maler von Barbizon: Les amis de la nature, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1996, no. B21, repro.
1996
Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 148-149, color repro.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 3, repro.

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