Mme Bison

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This portrait forms a pair with 'M. Bison'. According to the early sources, they represent Monsieur Bison and his wife painted in 1852. In common with several of Corot's sitters, Mme Bison has a modest air and is painted with a soft touch. The sitter's husband was a tenant of Corot's father at 39, Rue Neuve des Petits Champs, Paris. Corot lived with Bison at the property until 1850.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

Mme Bison

Date

1852

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 32 x W 25 cm

Accession number

WA1940.1.14

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Frank Hindley Smith, 1939

Work type

Painting

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