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La Cervara, the Roman Campagna

La Cervara, the Roman Campagna

c. 1830–31
(French, 1796–1875)
Framed: 130 x 167.5 x 9.5 cm (51 3/16 x 65 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 97.6 x 135.8 cm (38 7/16 x 53 7/16 in.)

Did You Know?

In 1845, the French poet Charles Baudelaire proclaimed Corot the leading painter of the modern landscape.

Description

Corot based his large oil painting on drawings and oil sketches made outdoors. Attracted to the beauty of the Italian countryside, he often sketched around Rome, where he lived from 1825 to 1828. This painting's highly structured composition, based on forms moving into the distance along a series of diagonals, is characteristic of Corot's early style and recalls the classical landscapes of 17th-century painter Nicholas Poussin.
  • 1889
    Clément Jourdan [1836-1908], Paris, France, 1889.
    Seganville family, Château St. Pierre-de-Groupiac, France
    (Probably Harry Sperling, New York.)
    1960-1963
    Paul Rosenberg & Co., Paris and New York, by 1960.
    1963
    Paul Rosenberg & Co., Paris, France and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1963
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art. Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: no. 28
    Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Œuvre de Corot. Paris, France: H. Floury, 1905. Mentioned: p. 46, vol. I
    Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Corot raconté par lui-même. Paris, France: Henri Laurens, Éditeur, 1924. Mentioned: p. 22, vol. I
    Jal, A. Salon de 1831: ébauches critiques. Paris, France: A.J. Dénain, 1831. Mentioned: no. 399
    Camille Corot, 1796-1875: Kunsthaus Zürich : 16. August-7. Oktober 1934. Zürich, Switzerland: Das Kunsthaus, 1934. Reproduced: p. 15
    Bazin, Germain. Corot. Berlin, Germany: Krüger Verlag, 1942. Reproduced: p. 90
    Baud-Bovy, Daniel. Corot. Genéve, Switzerland: A. Jullien, 1957. Reproduced: p. 81
    Fosca, François. Corot, Sa Vie Et Son Œuvre. Bruxelles, Belgium: Elsevier, 1958. Reproduced: p. 19
    Art Institute of Chicago. Corot, 1796-1875: An Exhibition of His Paintings and Graphic Works, the Art Institute of Chicago, October 6 Through November 13, 1960. Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago, 1960. Reproduced: no. 19
    Saisselin, Remy. "Art is imitation of Nature." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LII (1965): 42-43. Mentioned: p. 42; Reproduced: p. 43, fig. 1
    Arts Council of Great Britain, and Cecil Hilton Monk Gould. Corot. London, United Kingdom: Arts Council, 1965. Reproduced: no. 18
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 168 archive.org
    Lurie, Ann T. "Corot: The Roman Campagna." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LIII (1966):51-57. Reproduced: fig. 1
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 168 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 207 archive.org
    Talbot, William S. "Some French Landscapes: 1779-1842." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXV (1978): 84-85. Reproduced: fig. 12
    Morse, John D. Old Master Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1979. Reproduced: p. 66
    Wissman, Fronia E. J.-B.-C. Corot: View of Volterra. San Diego, CA: [Timken Art Gallery], 1988. Mentioned: p. 9, 15; Reproduced: fig. 10.
    Galassi, Peter. Corot in Italy: Open-Air Painting and the Classical-Landscape Tradition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991.
    Chagneau,Catherine, and Marie-France Cocheteux. Corot, 1796-1875: [expositions] Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 28 février-27 mai 1996 ; Ottawa, Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, 21 juin-22 septembre 1996 ; New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22 octobre 1996-19 janvier 1997. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996. Mentioned: p. 22, 80-85;Reproduced: no. 30
    Pomarède, Vincent. Corot. Paris, France: Flammarion, 1996. Reproduced: p.74,75; Mentioned p. 98
    Rubin, James Henry. Courbet. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon, 1997. Reproduced: p. 223; Mentioned: p. 225
    Azeglio, Massimo d', and Martina Corgnati. Massimo d'Azeglio: pittore. Milano, Italy: Mazzotta, 1998. Reproduced: p. 45
    D'Argencourt, Louise and Roger Diederen. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings, Part Four; European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced: p. 55
    De Rosa, Pier Andrea, and Paolo Emilio Trastulli. La campagna romana: cento dipinti inediti tra fine Settecento e primo Novecento. Roma, Italy: Studio Ottocento, 1999. Reproduced: p. 196, no. 93
    Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jean-Pierre Caillet. La peinture française. Paris, France: Mengès, 2001. Reproduced: p. 605; Mentioned: p. 673
    Susinno, Stefano, Sandra Pinto, Liliana Barroero, Fernando Mazzocca, Giovanna Capitelli, and Matteo Lafranconi. Maestà di Roma: da Napoleone all'unità d'Italia. Milano, Italy: Electa, 2003. Reproduced: p. 354, vol. 6
    Corot: natura, emozione, ricordo : Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 7 giugno-11 settembre 2005, Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, 9 ottobre 2005-8 gennaio 2006. Ferrara, Italy: Ferrara arte, 2005. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 139, fig. 14
    Pomarède, Vincent, and Michael Clarke. Corot: naturaleza, emoción, recuerdo. Madrid, Spain: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2005.
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 287
    Mazzocca, Fernando. "Grand tour: Il fascino delle antiche rovine e lo splendore della natura mediterranea." Art e dossier no.392, Suppl.(November 2021): 27-35. reproduced p.30
  • Corot. Nature, Emotion, Souvenir. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (June 7-September 11, 2005); Palazzo dei Diamanti, 44110 Ferrara, Italy (October 9, 2005-January 8, 2006).
    Masterworks from The Phillips Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 29, 2005).
    Maestá di Roma, da Napoleon all'Unita d'Italia: Capitale delle Arti. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Itlay (March 5-June 29, 2003).
    Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. National Gallery of Canada (June 20-September 22, 1996); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (October 21, 1996-January 19, 1997).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    La Cervara, campagne de Rome. Salon Musée Royal, Paris, France (1831).
    Corot 1796-1875.Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1960). (Lent by Paul Rosenberg).
    Corot Exhibition. Gallery of the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (organizer) (August 14-September 12, 1965); National Gallery, London, London WC2N 5DN (October 1-November 7, 1965).
    Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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