Woman Resting on Her Elbow (La Femme Accoudée)

c.1855-1858

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French, 1796-1875: Born: Paris, France

Country

France

Object

painting

Medium

Oil paint on canvas

Accession Number

1934.13

Credit Line

The William D. Lippitt Memorial Collection at the Denver Art Museum

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Woman Resting on Her Elbow (La Femme Accoudée), about 1855–8. Oil paint on canvas; 18 ½ × 15 ⅜ in. (47 × 39.1 cm). The William D. Lippitt Memorial Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 1934.13

Dimensions

image height: 18.5 in, 46.9900 cm; image width: 15.375 in, 39.0525 cm; frame height: 23 in, 58.4200 cm; frame width: 20 in, 50.8000 cm; frame depth: 2.375 in, 6.0325 cm

Inscription

[lower left] Corot

Department

European and American Art Before 1900

Collection

European Painting and Sculpture before 1900

This object is currently on view

Known Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Alfred Robaut [1830-1909], France, in 1858. Purchased from Durand-Ruel, Paris, by Henry [1847-1907] and Louisine [1855-1929] Havemeyer, Aug 31, 1899; by descent to Horace Havemeyer [1886-1956], Manhattan, NY, by 1931; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1934.

Exhibition History

Musée des Beaux-arts de Cambrai, 02/20/1999 - 12/12/1999