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Young Woman Weaving a Wreath of Flowers

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)
about 1866–70

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 70.2 x 47 cm (27 5/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball
Accession Number23.511
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsLower left: COROT
ProvenanceM. Jaquette, Lisieux. 1894, Henri Garnier, Paris; December 3, 1894, Garnier sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 10 [see note 1], to Allard et Noël, Paris. By 1908, Clara Bertram Kimball (b. 1838 - d. 1920), Boston; by inheritance to her husband, David P. Kimball (b. 1833 - d. 1923), Boston; 1923, bequest of David P. Kimball to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] As "Souvenir." [2] In 1923 David P. Kimball bequeathed forty paintings to the MFA in memory of his wife, Clara Bertram Kimball. He noted in his will that these were "from the collection made by her and bequeathed to me."