Farmyard at Sin, near Douai, with Children at Play

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

1872

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions33.0 x 46.6 cm (13 x 18 3/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball

Accession number23.515

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsLower right: COROT

ProvenanceAbout 1872, sold by the artist to M. Grédelue [see note 1]. With Gustave Tempelaere (dealer), Paris [see note 2]. March 17, 1890, anonymous ("Comtesse de V.") sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 7, sold for 4500 fr. to Arnold et Tripp, Paris. June 12, 1891, acquired in London by Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris (stock no. 21509); October 3, 1891, sold by Boussod, Valadon et Cie. to M. Knoedler and Co., New York (stock no. 6913); November 11, 1891, sold by Knoedler to Brayton Ives (b. 1840 - d. 1914), New York [see note 3]. Clara Bertram Kimball (b. 1838 - d. 1920), Boston; by inheritance to her husband, David Pulsifer Kimball (b. 1833 - d. 1923); 1923, bequest of David P. Kimball to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] Alfred Robaut, L'oeuvre de Corot, catalogue raisonné et illustré, vol. 3 (Paris, 1905), no. 2050. [2] There is a Tempelaere stamp on the reverse of the painting. [3] Getty Provenance Index, Goupil et Cie. records, PI Record Nos. G-30899 and G-31878 (stock books 12, p. 210 and 13, p. 49, no. 21509); M. Knoedler and Co. records, PI Record No. K-4700 (stock book 4, no. 6913, p. 154). The painting was sold as "La ferme," or "The farm."