Keywords: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Two Italian Peasants - Walters 37201b.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18178399 Creator Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot An elderly man appears lost in thought while his young companion looks hesitantly outwards This vibrantly colored painting with its sharp contrasts of light and shadow is now thought to have been painted in Paris following Corot's return from Italy in 1843 The two sitters are traditionally identified as Italian models ~ 1843 Oil on canvas cm 29 5 17 8 accession number 37 201 5511 Constant Dutilleux Etienne Moreau-Nélaton early Walters catalogues without foundation list as early owners Constant Dutilleux and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton Alfred Robaut 1858 by purchase from the artist P A Cheramy Paris 1886 mode of acquisition unknown P A Chéramy Sale 1908 no 138 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 COROT signed lower left From Ingres to Gauguin French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1951 Corot Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York; National Gallery of Canada Ottawa 1996-1997 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 place of origin Paris France http //art thewalters org/detail/5511/two-italian-peasants/ PD-old-100 frameless left upright 0 4 Walters Art Museum license 2D Male portrait paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1840s portrait paintings 1843 paintings |