Lot 134
After Jean -Baptiste-Camile Corot (1797-1875)
Lot 134 Details
After Jean -Baptiste-Camile Corot (1797-1875), French
FIGURES IN FOREST GLADE (ALSO CALLED “PRAIRIE PLANTEE D’ARBES”)
Oil on canvas laid down on canvas; bears signature lower right. Probably painted by Andre-Julien Prevost (1840-?)
10.5" x 9.5" — 26.7 x 24.1 cm.
Estimate $1,000-$2,000
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Provenance:
Senator Forget, grandfather of Dr. Paul Chevalier, taken by the Senator from France to England during WWI;
Given to his grandson, Dr. Paul Chevalier, England and Montreal;
With W. Scott & Sons, Montreal after 1900;
The Estate of Caridad Chevalier, Ottawa
Note:
According to Claire Lebeau and Martin Dieterle this work is most likely a copy of no. 575 in the catalogue of Corot’s works executed by Andre-Julien Prevost, a 19th Century French imitator of Corot.