Description
In his late career, Corot regularly painted "souvenirs" or memories of sites that he had visited earlier in his life. Around thirty (or one-fifth) of his exhibited works during the last twenty years of his life included the word "souvenir" in the title. Here, the artist represents the bridge and 12th-century church of this small village about seven miles from Fontainebleau. The silvery light is suggestive of the filtering of an image through memory.

Landscape with Bridge
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
1/01/1998 | Treatment | cleaned |
9/14/2004 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
9/10/2006 | Examination | examined for loan |
Exhibitions
- Exposition de l'Oeuvre de Corot. École des beaux-arts, Paris, Paris. 1875.
- Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998.
- The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.
- The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh. 2008-2009.
Provenance
M. Painel [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [from the artist]; M. Surville [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Knoedler and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, March 3, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left in brown: COROT
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Creator
Period
ca. 1865-1870Accession Number
37.152Measurements
H: 10 15/16 x W: 17 1/16 in. (27.8 x 43.4 cm); Framed H: 21 5/8 x W: 27 3/4 x D: 5 3/4 in. (54.93 x 70.49 x 14.61 cm)Geographies
- France (Place of Origin)