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Young Woman Weaving a Wreath of Flowers

(French, 1796–1875)
about 1866–70
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions70.2 x 47 cm (27 5/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball
Accession number23.511
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower left: COROT
ProvenanceM. Jaquette, Lisieux. 1894, Henri Garnier, Paris; December 3, 1894, Garnier sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 10 [see note 1], to Allard et Noël, Paris. By 1908, Clara Bertram Kimball (b. 1838 - d. 1920), Boston; by inheritance to her husband, David P. Kimball (b. 1833 - d. 1923), Boston; 1923, bequest of David P. Kimball to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] As "Souvenir." [2] In 1923 David P. Kimball bequeathed forty paintings to the MFA in memory of his wife, Clara Bertram Kimball. He noted in his will that these were "from the collection made by her and bequeathed to me."
Peasants in a Clearing near Arras
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Island of San Bartolomeo, Rome
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Turn in the Road
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
about 1868–70
Souvenir of the Banks of the Saône
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
about 1870
Twilight
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1845–60
Morning near Beauvais
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
about 1855–65
The Reaper with a Sickle
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1838
Dante and Virgil
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1859
Bathers in a Clearing
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
about 1870–75
Conservation Status: Before Treatment
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1846
Portrait of a Man
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot