Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Sèvres-Brimborion, View towards Paris
1863
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 18 3/8 x 24 1/4 in. (46.7 x 61.6 cm.)
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
1996.45.66
While a student in Rome in the mid-1820s, Corot painted out-of-doors as a preliminary step for preparing his “finished” paintings in his studio. The distinction between these two phases of his creative process would gradually diminish, and he would find a ready market for both oil sketches and his more developed studio works.
In this view, one looks down the Brancas road extending from Ville d’Avray, the location of Corot’s family house, through Sèvres and Brimborion on the Seine River towards Paris in the distance.
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
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Themes and Variations in Paintings & Sculpture", April 16-May 23, 1948.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin", November-December 30, 1951.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Works by Camille Corot", October 5-November 13, 1960.
The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, "Barbizon Revisited", 29 September 29-November 4, 1962; circulated to Toledo Museum, November 20-December 27, 1962; Cleveland Museum, January 15-February 23, 1963; Boston Museum, March 14-April 28, 1963.
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, "Corot and His Contemporaries", March 30-April 20, 1965.
Royal Scottish Academy, Arts Council of Great Britain, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Corot Exhibition", August 21-September 13, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
Lake View Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, "Barbizon", April 6-May 16, 1966.
University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD, "Hommage à Baudelaire", March 6-Apr. 1, 1968.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, March 18, 1970.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, August 3-August 4, 1972.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909", January 28-March 11, 1979.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, "Paris in the Belle Epoque: People and Places", March 1-April 6, 1980.
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "Corot to Monet: The Rise of Landscape Paintings in France, 1830-1870", January 28-April 29, 1991; circulated to IBM Gallery, New York, NY, July-September 1991; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, November 1991-January 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, January-March 1992.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, January 6-April 21, 1997.
Sona K. Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Triumph of French Painting", March 12-July 16, 2000; circulated to the Philbrook, Norton, Royal Academy, London, Albright Knox, through January 6, 2002.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View", June 19-October 6, 2002.
Sona K. Johnson, BMA, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, "The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Monet", October 3, 2004-January 18, 2005.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1-December 31, 2006.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape", February 11-May 13, 2007; circulated to the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, through January 6, 2008.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin", November-December 30, 1951.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, "Works by Camille Corot", October 5-November 13, 1960.
The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, "Barbizon Revisited", 29 September 29-November 4, 1962; circulated to Toledo Museum, November 20-December 27, 1962; Cleveland Museum, January 15-February 23, 1963; Boston Museum, March 14-April 28, 1963.
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, "Corot and His Contemporaries", March 30-April 20, 1965.
Royal Scottish Academy, Arts Council of Great Britain, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Corot Exhibition", August 21-September 13, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
Lake View Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, "Barbizon", April 6-May 16, 1966.
University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD, "Hommage à Baudelaire", March 6-Apr. 1, 1968.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, March 18, 1970.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, August 3-August 4, 1972.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909", January 28-March 11, 1979.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, "Paris in the Belle Epoque: People and Places", March 1-April 6, 1980.
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "Corot to Monet: The Rise of Landscape Paintings in France, 1830-1870", January 28-April 29, 1991; circulated to IBM Gallery, New York, NY, July-September 1991; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, November 1991-January 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, January-March 1992.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, January 6-April 21, 1997.
Sona K. Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Triumph of French Painting", March 12-July 16, 2000; circulated to the Philbrook, Norton, Royal Academy, London, Albright Knox, through January 6, 2002.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View", June 19-October 6, 2002.
Sona K. Johnson, BMA, Baltimore, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated by Brain Trust to Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, January 11-February 16, 2003; Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, February 27-March 30, 2003; Okazaki City Museum, April 5-May 18, 2003; Suntory Museum, Osaka, May 24-July 6, 2003; Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, July 12-August 17, 2003.
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, "The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Monet", October 3, 2004-January 18, 2005.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1-December 31, 2006.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape", February 11-May 13, 2007; circulated to the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, through January 6, 2008.
"Themes and Variations in Paintings & Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1948, cat. #102.
"From Ingres to Gauguin," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, cat. #40, ill. p. 6.
"A Picture Book," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, ill. p. 51.
"Works of Camille Corot," Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1960, cat. #86, p. 23.
The Sun, Baltimore, "Object of the Week," Apr. 9, 1961, ill.
"Barbizon Revisited," San Francisco: Legion of Honor, 1962, cat. #15, ill. p. 100.
"Corot Exhibition," Edinburgh: Arts Council of Great Britain/Royal Scottish Academy, 1965, cat. #83, ill. pl. 42.
"The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965, cat. #66, ill. p. 35.
"Barbizon," Peoria, IL: Lake View Center for the Arts and Sciences, 1966, ill. p. 16.
"Hommage à Baudelaire," College Park, MD: University of Maryland Art Gallery, 1968, p. 52, ill. p. 82.
Sona K. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2000, cat. #8, pp. 56-57.
Sona K. Johnson et al, "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: "Barbizon and Impressionist Works from The Baltimore Museum of Art" catalogue committee, 2003, no. 2, p. 30, ill.
"A View Toward Paris," BMA Today, Fall 2006, ill. p. 11.
"A Closer Look," BMA Today, Spring 2009, ill. p. 9.
Douglas L. Frost, "Making History / Making Art / MICA," Baltimore: MICA, 2010, p. 206, ill.
Inscribed: FACE: BR, (blk paint), 'COROT'. VERSO, BACKING: UL, exh. label, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 'Corot to Monet: The Rise of Landscape Painting in France...crate 28, catalogue #28. VERSO, FRAME: U, R of C, (label), '63'; UR, exh. label, 'Barbizon - Revisited Exhibition/1962-1963...cat. No. 15/Lender Baltimore Museum of Art/ Address Baltimore 18 Md.'; UR, BMA label stapled; CR sideways, (black oval stamp), '...TOCO...ERNANDEZ/.../Meubles en Batiments/Rue...Paris'; CL, (black ink/paint), '3x4 (enclosed in a circle)/234-1'
On View at the BMA
