House and Factory of Monsieur Henry

Gallery 399, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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House and Factory of Monsieur Henry

1833

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

Monsieur Henry, a cloth manufacturer and a friend of the artist’s father, commissioned this picture of his house and factory in Soissons, France. Corot also painted a view from the back of the house overlooking the spires of Soissons Cathedral; this painting is now in Otterlo, Holland. Regarding Corot as an amateur, Henry neglected to pay him for works that are now considered among the finest of the artist’s early career.

Gallery 399, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

House and Factory of Monsieur Henry

Date:

1833

Artist:

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

32 1/16 × 39 1/2 inches (81.4 × 100.3 cm) Framed: 45 × 52 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (114.3 × 132.7 × 11.1 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1950

Accession Number:

W1950-1-1

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 399, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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