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Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1871–72

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"Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts" is an oil on canvas painting by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, created between 1871 and 1872. The artwork measures 60.8 × 73 cm and is currently held in the Potter Palmer Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, having been bequeathed to the institution in 1922. Corot was a French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker, active from 1796 to 1875.

The painting's provenance includes Arnold & Tripp (Paris, 1882), Georges Petit (Paris, 1883), and Durand-Ruel (Paris, 1889), before being acquired by Mrs. Potter Palmer in 1892. This provenance information is noted as "according to Robaut 1905." The work has been featured in several exhibitions, including "A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture" at The Art Institute of Chicago in both 1933 and 1934, and a Corot exhibition at the same venue in 1960.

Corot's works are represented in other institutions, with multiple pieces, including "Sibylle" (ca. 1870) and "Hagar in the Wilderness" (1835), found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The provided data does not include any auction prices or further attributions beyond those listed in the provenance.

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Provenance

Ownership history

Arnold & Tripp, Paris, 1882 [according to Robaut 1905]. Georges Petit, Paris, 1883 [according to Robaut 1905]. Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1889 [according to Robaut 1905]. Mrs. Potter Palmer (died 1918), Chicago, 1892 [see Chicago 1933]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1922.

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Exhibitions

Exhibition history

The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1933, cat. 230.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1934, cat. 159.
New York, Wildenstein and Co., The Serene World of Corot: An Exhibition in Aid of the Salvation Army War Fund, November 11-December 12, 1942, cat. 69 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Corot, 1796-1875: An Exhibition of his Paintings and Graphic Work, October 6-November 13, 1960, cat. 128.
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, April 20-May 29, 1994, cat. 4 (ill.); traveled to Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10-July 1994 and Yokohama Museum of Art, August 6-September 25, 1994.

Literature

Published references

Alfred Robaut, L’oeuvre de Corot: catalogue raisonné et illustré, précédé de l’histoire de Corot et de ses oeuvres vol. 3 (Paris, 1905), no. 2210 (ill.) (reprinted Paris 1965).
The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report For the Year 1921 (Chicago, 1921), ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings (Chicago, 1922), no. 808.
The Art Institute of Chicago Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings (Chicago, 1923), no. 808.
“Corots in the Art Institute,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 18, 8 (1924), pp. 101-2.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago, 1925), p. 131, no. 808.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago, 1932), p. 147, no. 22.407.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 106.
John D. Morse, Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York, 1979), p. 62.

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