JEAN-BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT. 1796-1875

109 CHATEAU DE PIERREFONDS

Oil on panel. 47 X 38 cm. Inv. No 958 Signed lower left: Corot

The picture is dated to the 1860s. The Chateau de Pierrefonds appears in many of Corot's pictures. A smaller variant of the present work (oil on panel, 35 X 26.5 cm) is in the Saratov Art Museum. Provenance: 1874 The Sennegon and Lemarinier Collection, Paris; until 1892 The S. Tretyakov Collection, Moscow; 1892—1925 The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; since 1925 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibitions: 1939 Moscow, Cat., p. 34; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 38; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 28; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 21

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 40; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 71; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 99; Опись галереи Третьяковых 1894, No 20; Robaut 1905, vol. 2, No 964 bis, ill.; Кат. галереи Третьяковых 1917, No 3878; Алпатов 1936, pp. 53—55, ill.; Разумовская 1938, p. 2, ill.; Sterling 1957, ill. 61, p. 83; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 107

109 CHATEAU DE PIERREFONDS

110 MORNING IN VENICE (PIAZZETTA ON A SUNNY DAY)

Oil on canvas. 27.5 X 40 cm. Inv. No 3148 There are five variants of this picture which the artist painted in 1828, 1834 and in 1845. The canvas housed in The Pushkin Museum is the best. A. Robaut dates it 1834.

Provenance: 1875 Posthumous sale of Corot's pictures, Paris; until 1891 The A. Arosat Collection, Paris; from 1891 The Bernheim Jeune Collection, Paris; 1895—1908 The P. A. Cheramy Collection, Paris; from 1908 The I. Tereshchenko Collection, Kiev; until 1938 The P. Deineka Collection, Kiev; since 1938 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1895 Paris; 1939 Moscow, Cat., p. 34; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 38; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 28; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 20

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 40; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 71; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 99; Robaut 1905, vol. 2, No 318, ill.; Catalogue des tableaux anciens et modernes composant la collection de P. A. Cheramy, Paris, 1908, No 132, ill.; F. Fosca, Corot, Paris, 1930, ill. (entitled Venice); Разумовская 1938, p. 21, ill.; G. Bazin, Corot, Paris, 1956, pp. 119—120; M. Alpa-tov, Corot a Venise, in: Art de France, 1961, p. 172; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 106; M. Алпатов, Этюды по истории западноевропейского искусства, Moscow, 1963, р. 352, ill.

110 MORNING IN VENICE (PIAZZETTA ON A SUNNY DAY)

111. HEATHERY HILLS NEAR VIMOUTIERS (SANDY LAND)

Oil on canvas. 32 X 48 cm. Inv. No 957 Signed lower right: Corot

Corot's letter to Alexandre Dumas of August 6, 1865, in which the artist writes of his intention to visit Normandy (Vimoutiers), as well as G. Bazin's statement about Corot's sojourn in Vimoutiers allow for the assumption that the picture was painted in 1865. Provenance: 1875 Auction of the Verdier and E. Ho-schede Collection, Paris; until 1892 The S. Tretyakov Collection, Moscow; 1892—1925 The Tretyakov Gal-

lery, Moscow; since 1925 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1875 Paris; 1939 Moscow, Cat., p. 34; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 38; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 28; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 21

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 40; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 72; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 99; Опись галереи Третьяковых 1894, No 19 (entitled Sandy Land); Ro-baut 1905, vol. 2, No 948, ill.; Кат. галереи Третьяковых 1917, No 3876 (entitled Sandy Land); Разумовская 1938, p. 4, ill.; Яворская 1962, pp. 78—79, ill.; ГМИИ 1966, No 78

111. HEATHERY HILLS NEAR VIMOUTIERS (SANDY LAND)

112 A GUST OF WIND

Oil on canvas. 48 X 66 cm. Inv. No 956 Signed lower left: Corot

The picture is dated to the late 1860s or early 1870s. The motif is present in several of Corot's pictures. The most widely known include A Gust of Wind over the English Channel (1869—72, private collection, Paris) and A Gust of Wind (The Louvre, No RF 2038). There is also an autolithograph of the same name.

Provenance: until 1892 The S. Tretyakov Collection, Moscow; 1892—1925 The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; since 1925 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1939 Moscow, Cat., p. 34; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 38; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 29; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 21

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 40; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 72; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 100; Опись галереи Третьяковых 1894, No 21; Алпатов 1936, p. 35, ill. (entitled The Storm)', Разумовская 1938, p. 17, ill.; Прокофьев 1962, ill. Ill; Sterling 1957, ill. 60, p. 83

112 A GUST OF WIND

113 HAYCART

Oil on canvas. 32 X 45 cm. Inv. No 955 Signed lower right: Corot

N. Yavorskaya dates the picture to the 1860s. There are several pictures on this subject, of which the landscape In the Dunes (The Kunsthalle, Mannheim) is most closely related to the present work. Provenance: 1891 The Forbes Collection, Paris; until 1918 The P. Kharitonenko Collection, Moscow; until 1924 The Rumiantsev Museum, Moscow; since 1924 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibitions: 1920 Moscow; 1939 Moscow, Cat., p. 34; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 38; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 29; 1960 Moscow, Cat., p. 21

Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 40; Кат.* ГМИИ 1957, p. 72, ill.; Кат. ГМИИ 1961» p. 100, ill.; Robaut 1905, vol. 3, No 1949, ill.; Алпатов 1936, pp. 36, 38, ill.; Разумовская 1938, p. 12, ill.; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 109; Яворская 1962, p. 76, ill.; ГМИИ 1966, No 77

113 HAYCART