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The bent tree
(L'Arbre penché)
(1855-1860)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 44.3 × 58.5 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in brown paint l.r.: COROT
- Accession Number
- 338-2
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1907
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - Subjects (general)
- Landscapes
- Subjects (specific)
- trees waterfronts women (female humans)
- Provenance
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Collection of E. Alexander Young (1828–1907)[1], London, by 1888–1906, as L’Arbre Penché (Matin)[2]; by whom sold to Agnew's (dealer), London, 1906, stock no. Y5; from where purchased, on the advice of the Sir George Clausen and Bernard Hall, for the Felton Bequest, 28 March 1907.
[1] Young was an accountant at the firm Turquands, Youngs & Co.. This firm merged with Ernst & Whinney and many other companies to eventually become Ernst & Young.
[2] Young collection catalogue no. 682
