Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot based this carefully executed view of Venice on studies made during his three-year stay in Italy in the mid-1830s. Although the work was completed in his studio after his return, Corot's magnificent attention to detail is flawless. The meticulous delineation of each stone, of each architectural element, and even of the costumes of the figures peppered throughout the piazzetta, is exceedingly precise. This technical achievement speaks to the influence of Corot's eighteenth-century predecessor, Canaletto, who was well known for his spectacularly detailed Venetian views, or vedute. Unusual in Corot's paintings, this fastidious approach to his subject provides an interesting comparison to the artist's more often lyrical and expressive works.
Details
- Artist Name: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
- Title: View of Venice: The Piazzetta Seen from the Riva degli Schiavoni
- Date: 1835-1845
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 18-3/8 x 27 in. (46.7 x 68.6 cm)
- Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation
- Accession Number: F.1973.27.P
- Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation
Object Information
Van Wessen by 1905.
Charles Deshayes.
Baron Denys Cochin, by 1914.
[Reid & Lefevre, Glasgow, stock no. 468/26; owned jointly with Knoedler, Paris, 1926];
[Reid & Lefevre, London; sold 2 share 14 July 1928 to];
[M. Knoedler & Co., New York; stock no. A274, as Venise quai des Esclavons, sold 2 share 31 January 1930 to];
[Reid & Lefevre, London; sold 30 January 1930 to];
[Galerie Raphaël Gérard, Paris].
[Dieterle & Cie, Paris, sold 14 May 1937, for Ff 257,000, to];
[Tedesco Frères, Paris; stock no. 13057, as Venise, Vue du Quai des Esclavons, sold 14 May 1937, for Ff 300,000, to];
Maurice Coutot (b. 1901), 21 blvd. St Germain, Paris.
?Private collection, Paris.
Michaux, Paris.
[Art Moderne la Gradelle; sold June 1970 to];
[Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, stock no. 6408, sold 26 September 1973 to];
The Norton Simon Foundation.
Exposition rétrospective des peintres de Venise (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles): Organisée au profit de l'oeuvre de Bienfaisance La Fraternité Artistique sur l'initiative de la Revue l'Art et les Artistes
- Paris, Galerie Brunner, 1914-05-18 to 1914-06-20
Cent Ans de Peinture Française: Exposition
- E.J. van Wisselingh & co. (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 1928-04-16 to 1928-05-05
A Century of French Painting: Exhibition Organised for the Benefit of the French Hospital of New York
- New York, M. Knoedler & Co., 1928-11-12 to 1928-12-08
Les artistes français en Italie de Poussin à Renoir
- Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1934-05 to 1934-07
"La Flèche d'Or": A Loan Exhibition of Pictures from Private Collections in Paris
- London, Arthur Tooth and Sons Ltd., 1935-05-08 to 1935-06-01
Exposition "Le grand siècle": Organisée au profit de la Société des Amis du Louvre
- Paris, Paul Rosenberg, 1936-06-15 to 1936-07-11
[on loan]
- Henry Art Gallery, 1973-09-26 to 1974-06-11
[on loan]
- Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1981-02-26 to 1981-08-25
Corot 1796-1875
- Paris, Grand Palais, 1996-02-28 to 1996-05-27
- National Gallery of Canada, 1996-06-21 to 1996-09-22
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996-10-22 to 1997-01-19
Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting
- New Burlington Galleries, 1936-10-01 to 1936-10-31
Images of the Landscape, Barbizon and Impressionist Paintings from the Permanent Collection
- Norton Simon Museum, 1987-07-02 to 1989-10-29
Under the Influence: Art-Inspired Art
- Norton Simon Museum, 2008-10-17 to 2009-03-02
Reinstallation of South Wing
- Norton Simon Museum, 1993-10-07 to 1995-08-13
Three Centuries of French Art: Selections from The Norton Simon, Inc. Museum of Art and the Norton Simon Foundation_2
- California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1974-10-19 to 1976-06-15
- Manson, J. B., Apollo, opp p. 276
- Roberts, K., The Burlington Magazine, fig. 119 pp. 877, 879
- Brommer, G., Discovering Art History, p. 25
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- Robaut, Alfred, L'Oeuvre de Corot, 1905, no. 323 pp. 114-115
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- Alpatov, Michel, Art de France, 1964, pp. 169-175
- McCleery, W., University: A Princeton Quarterly, 1974, p. 13
- Alex Reid & Lefevre: 1926-1976, 1976, p. 38-39
- Morse, John D., Old Master Paintings in North America, 1979, p. 62
- Masterpieces from the Norton Simon Museum, 1989, p. 116
- Tinterow, Gary; Michael Pantazzi and Vincent Pomarède, Corot 1796-1875, 1996, no. 56 pp. 182-183
- Brettell, Richard R. and Stephen F. Eisenman, Nineteenth-Century Art in the Norton Simon Museum, volume 1, 2006,
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 981 p. 359
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